How to click a button using urlConnection (Programmatically)

Question

I'm trying to access an internal site project, This is the a part of the page source for the site

<form method="post" action="doDelete">
     Are you sure you want to delete 'Apple?'?
 <input name="Submit" value="Yes" class="submit-button" type="submit" />
 </form>

I have this code

doSubmit("http://ma.some-website:8080/member/Apple/delete","Yes");

 public static void doSubmit(String url, String data) throws Exception {
    String content = "";
    URL siteUrl = new URL(url);
    HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) siteUrl.openConnection();
    conn.setRequestMethod("POST");
    conn.setDoOutput(true);
    conn.setDoInput(true);
    HttpURLConnection.setFollowRedirects( true );
    DataOutputStream out = new DataOutputStream(conn.getOutputStream());

        content =  URLEncoder.encode(data, "UTF-8");

    System.out.println(content);
    out.writeBytes(content);
    out.flush();
    out.close();
    BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(conn.getInputStream()));
    String line = "";
    while((line=in.readLine())!=null) {
        System.out.println(line);
    }
    in.close();

}

In the webpage there is a confirmation box asking if "i wish to delete this user(Apple)" how do i programmatically click that? I'm thinking i need to identify the method which is "doDelete" and pass in "Yes" parameter?

it is in java app right now but when it's running i'll incorporate in in my project on a jsp — shinra tensei, Mar 05 '12 at 21:12

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 05 '12 at 23:34

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Your question is slightly confusing. You seem to be trying to simulate a browser by making http calls. I would recommend using a proxy of some sort to record the http calls you want to reproduce, then you can code them up as required. Might be worth googling for a framework to make this easier.

answered Mar 05 '12 at 23:34

davidfrancis

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Sorry meant that as a comment doh daft iPhone posting – davidfrancis Mar 05 '12 at 23:35
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Alright i had to do HTMLUNIT to accomplish this. Works now. Here is the link if you guys are interested http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9589802/htmlunit-getformbyname-with-no-form-name-specified-in-the-website – shinra tensei Mar 06 '12 at 20:28

How to click a button using urlConnection (Programmatically)

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