fill out a webform that uses javascript with python

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i am trying to fill out a webform using a python program by submitting specific values. the problem is it uses javascript. i will post an example of the value i want to fill.

fo.addVariable("email","email@yahoo.com")
fo.addVariable("age","19")
fo.addVariable("gender","M")
fo.addVariable("line","hello")

that is an example of the value on the page. what i want to do is submit a value to that and change it. what i am currently attempting is this:

data = urllib.parse.urlencode({"line": "hello", "age": "50", "email":  "email@yahoo.com", "gender": "M"}).encode()
resp = urlreq.urlopen("http://url.com/update", data)

this usually works for most webforms. but for this one it will not.

First things first: Java is something completely different from Javascript. — kramer65, Apr 21 '13 at 06:31

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 21 '13 at 08:23

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In python 2.7, urllib has no attribute urllib.parse and a .encode() function at the end is unnecessary.

I think what you should be writing is

data = urllib.urlencode({"line": "hello", "age": "50", "email":  "email@yahoo.com", "gender": "M"})

answered Apr 21 '13 at 08:23

im using python 3.3. plus none of the values are submitting. – user2193004 Apr 21 '13 at 09:04
and that is proper syntax for python 3.3 – user2193004 Apr 21 '13 at 09:05

fill out a webform that uses javascript with python

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