in reply to submitting nameless form using WWW::mechanize

Submit it by number instead, like the synopsis of WWW::Mechanize shows:

$mech->submit_form(
        form_number => 3,
        fields      => {
            username    => 'mungo',
            password    => 'lost-and-alone',
        }
    );

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Re^2: submitting nameless form using WWW::mechanize
by opensourcer (Monk) on Jun 18, 2008 at 06:52 UTC
    it's a nameless form <form> .... </form>
    i have checked for form number using $mech->forms()
    which displays nothing .
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      "i have checked for form number using $mech->forms() which displays nothing."

      This might be due to JavaScript generated forms, which are really a pain in the ***. Try to look at the source through your preferred webbrowser and see what's going on there. If the form is there, without a name, indeed simply count them (and don't forget hidden forms ;-)

      --
      b10m
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        The following is the code inside the html. 
        <body onLoad="getSearch();getUserSettings();callonLoad();">
<form>
  <p>&nbsp;</p>
  <table width="775"  border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellsp
+acing="0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
    <tr>
      <td><img src="/userportal/pages/usermedia/inventumtest.1/images/
+top.jpg" width="775" height="111"></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>

      <td><table width="100%"  border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding=
+"0">
          <tr>
            <td width="33%"><div align="center"><img src="/userportal/
+pages/usermedia/inventumtest.1/images/lady.jpg" width="161" height="2
+00"></div></td>
            <td><table width="240" height="150"  border="0" align="cen
+ter" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" background="/userportal/pages/us
+ermedia/inventumtest.1/images/TableBG.jpg">
              <tr>
                <td valign="top"><table width="100%" height="100%"  bo
+rder="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1">
                    <tr>
                      <td colspan="2" class="loginBoxMainStyle"><div a
+lign="left">&nbsp;Login</div></td>

                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                      <td class="loginBoxTextStyle"><div align="right"
+>Service Type :</div></td>
                      <td> <select name="type" class="loginBoxTextStyl
+e"><option value="1">Check Account Details</option></select>
                      </td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>

                      <td class="loginBoxTextStyle"><div align="right"
+>Login ID : </div></td>
                      <td><input type="text" name="username" value="" 
+class="loginBoxFormTextStyle"></td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                      <td class="loginBoxTextStyle"><div align="right"
+>Password : </div></td>
                      <td><input type="password" name="password" value
+="" class="loginBoxFormTextStyle"></td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>

                      <td colspan="2" class="loginBoxTextStyle"><div a
+lign="center">
<input type="checkbox" id="rememberme" name="rememberme" >Remember Me 
+</div></td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                      <td colspan="2"><div align="center">
<input type="button" value="Login" class="loginBoxTextStyle" onclick="
+return savesettings();"/>
                      </div></td>
                    </tr>
                </table></td>

              </tr>
            </table></td>
            <td width="33%"><table width="100%"  border="0" cellspacin
+g="0" cellpadding="0">
              <tr id="popup" style="display:none">
                <td><table width="240" height="150"  border="0" align=
+"center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" background="/userportal/page
+s/usermedia/inventumtest.1/images/TableBG.jpg">
                  <tr>
                    <td valign="top"><table width="100%" height="100%"
+  border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1">
                        <tr>
                          <td colspan="2" class="loginBoxMainStyle"><d
+iv align="left">&nbsp;Session Details </div></td>

                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td class="loginBoxTextStyle"><div align="ri
+ght">Start Time : </div></td>
                          <td><INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME="start" SIZE=17 va
+lue="18/06/2008 09:24:55" readonly></td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td class="loginBoxTextStyle"><div align="ri
+ght">Duration : </div></td>
                          <td><INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME="duration" SIZE=17
+ readonly></td>

                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td class="loginBoxTextStyle"><div align="ri
+ght">Balance :</div></td>
                          <td><INPUT TYPE=TEXT size="17" NAME="subs" v
+alue="" readonly></td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td class="loginBoxTextStyle" colspan="2">
                          <b>Your Internet Session Active</b>

                          &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="/userportal/logout.do">
+Click Here To Logout</a></td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td class="loginBoxTextStyle"><div align="ri
+ght"></div></td>
                          <td>&nbsp;</td>
                        </tr>
                    </table></td>
                  </tr>

                </table></td>
              </tr>
            </table>            </td>
          </tr>
      </table></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><img src="/userportal/pages/usermedia/inventumtest.1/images/
+inventlogo.png" width="140" height="43"></td>

    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td bgcolor="#336699"><div align="center" class="loginBoxTextSty
+le"><font color="#ffffff">Powered by SSG Unify <a href="http://www.in
+ventum.cc"><font color="#ffffcc"> (c) Inventum Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
+</font></a></font></div></td>
    </tr>
  </table>
<INPUT TYPE=hidden NAME="clock">
</form>

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        I have tried every number in the block (1..x) but ...
        script says: There is no form numbered 4 at autologin.pl line 45 Died at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/WWW/Mechanize.pm line 1724.
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[d/l]

      Every form has a number. You start counting by 1 and increment the form number whenever a new form starts. Just try it:

      $mech->form_number(3); # selects the third form on the page
$mech->submit; # submits the third form

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[d/l]
      Count, you know 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 , 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, them select the form 3rd form on the page
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