All dash2's points are good, also:

Unusually, the form doesn't have a submit button.

The form submitting is actually done by the javascript verify() function, loaded (at the top of the page) from https://lawclerks.ao.uscourts.gov:443/devl/web/scripts/web_verify.js, and called by <input type=button OnClick=javascript:verify(document.forms[0]);  name=search width=120 value='Search'  >

The verify() function ends in

f.action='https://lawclerks.ao.uscourts.gov/web/jobSearch';
f.submit()

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i.e. it sets the form action to the url given, then submits the form. So you don't want to set search => 'javascript:verify(document.forms[0])' -- that function isn't the value of the submit button, it's what gets called when you click on the submit button.

It's interesting that they've chosen to do it this way - if the user doesn't have javascript (enabled), then the form won't work.

andy.

In reply to Javascript-only form Re: At wit's end with LWP/https by andye
in thread At wit's end with LWP/https by Shikko

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