hi,
I'm making a booking gadget and need to post a form to an external website is this possible
Posting forms to websites.
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Posting forms to websites.
nbrege
Wabnuts
Hello,
I've tried something similar, with a FORM tag, and the action to an external site - with POST variables.
The page opens correctly (as expected) - but the POST variables aren't being sent.
Any tips/tricks for how to do so !
Paul Ballard
Here's an example you can use to do a POST from your sidebare gadget
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Automating Form Post with IE</TITLE>
<script language=JScript></script>
<script language="VBScript">
function doIEPost(formdata)
Dim IE: Set IE = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")
IE.Navigate "about:blank" '<-- You have to do this first!!!!
IE.Document.body.innerHTML="<Form name=frm1 id=frm1 action=http://localhost/getform.asp METHOD=POST><input type=text name=data1 value=" & escape(formdata) &"><input type=submit></form>"
IE.Document.frm1.submit()
Do While IE.Busy
Loop
result.innerHTML= unescape(IE.Document.body.innerHTML)
IE.Quit
set IE = Nothing
end function
</script>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<input type=text id=frmData>Enter Data to Post<BR>
<input type=button onclick="doIEPost(frmData.value)" value="DO POST"><BR>
<div id=result align="center"></div>
</BODY >
</HTML>
from: http://www.eggheadcafe.com/articles/20011215.asp
japt
I am having the same issue and a query parameter approach will not work as the POST data is sensitive (being sent over HTTPS).
If anyone has any ideas or even an explanation as to why this doesn't behave in a gadget the way it would in an IE environment that would be much appreciated. I am sure someone on the MSFT would have some input or knowledge as to it's behaviour.
Thanks.
Ryan
JDPeckham
Try putting the full URL of your action parameter into the gadget. I'm not sure, but I think it should launch the external URL with the form parameters.
Brian
helsingfors
Jitusj
Are you for real. Does this work in sidebar gadgets Is it reliable and doesnt violate any security Is this the way to go
Would be awesome if this is it!
Jonathan and Bruce, what do you think
Regards,
Thor.
NLCandyman
JIM.H.
Hey, it's only an untested thought, but shouldn't you be able to write a cookie with the JS, to be read back in on the website - by JS/PHP/ASP
It's how I've managed when passing form data from a JS popup back to the parent page, when that's been coded in PHP.
Would this work, or is the cookie created locked to the sandbox IE session Can you actually write cookies at all with the sidebar platform
Paul
chazparks
*bump*
Does anyone know if the bug preventing doing a POST from a sidebar gadget is fixed
Aego
The workaround is to change your POST to a GET and add the strings to the end of the URL. This works with most sites around, but probably not all of them.
Example:
www.website.com/search.php search=string&category=rubber+ducks
If you desperately need to post, I suggest you set up a page on a remote server to redirect with the post strings ie user inputs string to your gadget, gadget opens www.yourserver.com/ var1=string&var2=whatever and finally yourserver.com posts to the actual site you needed.
Andy
fornol
Thank you for your answer.
Useing GET isn't an option since this is for a login, but maybe we need to do as you suggests, using a form "proxy". Google is doing this.
It would be nice if somebody from Microsoft could answer if not being able to do a POST is by design or if this is a bug that will be fixed :)
Also, if one of you gurus could tell me how to do a post using the InternetExplorer.Application object I would be very happy.
../Per
cplusplus1
BLueDeViL
*bump*
Could someone from MicroSoft please answer on this one Is this disabled by design or is it a bug
I've also tried to use:
Sub SubmitToForm()
Set IE = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")
Dim Header
Header = "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" & vbCRLF
IE.Navigate "http://localhost/p.php", Nothing, Nothing, StringToBinary("aa=bb"), Header
Do
Loop While IE.Busy
IE.Quit()
End Sub
Dim tmpArr()
Dim i
ReDim tmpArr(Len(str))
for i = 1 to Len(str)
tmpArr(i-1) = CByte(AscB(Mid(str,i,1)))
Next
StringToBinary = tmpArr
End Function
</script>