Re: automated form processing with cookies

I want to submit to 9,000 forms (all across one domain) and it's not spamming, just so you know.

My spider sense is tingling.

Anything that would require that many form submissions would be better done by eliminating the web element and going directly to the resulting database. Have you tried just modifying the database, presuming it's yours? And if it's not yours, why the hell are you submitting 9000 forms? Beside, Perl can only handle 8192 forms in one session.

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Re^2: automated form processing with cookies by Anonymous Monk on Jun 08, 2005 at 19:38 UTC
Actually this isn't mine, it's for a client who wants this done. I'm pretty sure this is his site but he/she said it's not spam and that's enough for me. That is interesting that Perl can handle only 8192 forms in one session. That doesn't make so much sense to me why there would be a limitation, but it's not like it's a common thing to submit to this many anyway. What could be done as a workaround is submit to the first script then link to the second one after the first half is completed. The second script would initiate the login procedure again and complete the rest.	[reply]
Re^3: automated form processing with cookies by Fletch (Bishop) on Jun 08, 2005 at 20:33 UTC
Then if it's their site tell them that this is a really brane dead way to go about doing things and that they'd be much better served by using approach Y rather than BFI approach X. If you get the job done for them better / faster / more efficiently (and it's really legit) they'll be more likely to use your services again. -- We're looking for people in ATL	[reply]
Re^3: automated form processing with cookies by djohnston (Monk) on Jun 08, 2005 at 21:46 UTC
"...but he/she said it's not spam and that's enough for me." The quote below came to mind right after reading your comment... "...then I ram my ovipositer down your throat and lay my eggs in your chest - But I'm not an alien!" -Tom Servo (MST3K: The Movie) I'm somewhat deranged, though, so you're probably fine taking this person's word for it.	[reply]