HTTP::Recorder dying

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Paul Fons - 22 Aug 2005 05:29 GMT

I am trying to automate a web page interaction and to figure out the
initial interaction sequence, I have installed HTTP::Recorder and
HTTP::Proxy, but the recorder fails to follow the login-in button due
to a missing method called "query_param". Any advice here? Here is
the snippet of the bit where the page is loaded and the username/
password are entered and (almost) sent. I zapped the password fields
for privacy reasons...

Can't locate object method "query_param" via package "rec-
action=submitform&rec-formname=form2&rec-formnumber=1&rec-form1-text-
USER_ID=1&USER_ID=p12345&rec-form1-password-
USER_PASSWORD=1&USER_PASSWORD=XXXXXX&rec-form1-submit-
button=1&button=LOGIN&rec-form1-radio-ilang=1&rec-form1-radio-
ilang=1&ilang=j&rec-form1-radio-MENU_POS=1&rec-form1-radio-
MENU_POS=1&MENU_POS=BOTTOM" (perhaps you forgot to load "rec-
action=submitform&rec-formname=form2&rec-formnumber=1&rec-form1-text-
USER_ID=1&USER_ID=p12345&rec-form1-password-
USER_PASSWORD=1&USER_PASSWORD=XXXXXX&rec-form1-submit-
button=1&button=LOGIN&rec-form1-radio-ilang=1&rec-form1-radio-
ilang=1&ilang=j&rec-form1-radio-MENU_POS=1&rec-form1-radio-
MENU_POS=1&MENU_POS=BOTTOM"?) at /Library/Perl/5.8.6/HTTP/Recorder.pm
line 347.

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Gisle Aas - 22 Aug 2005 08:39 GMT

> I am trying to automate a web page interaction and to figure out the
> initial interaction sequence, I have installed HTTP::Recorder and
> HTTP::Proxy, but the recorder fails to follow the login-in button due
> to a missing method called "query_param". Any advice here?

Try to add the statement 'use URI::QueryParam' to your program.

Regards,
Gisle

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Paul Fons - 23 Aug 2005 10:34 GMT

Actually, the same error occurs. Here is the program

cat recorder.pl
#!/usr/bin/perl

use HTTP::Proxy;
use URI::QueryParam ;
use HTTP::Recorder;

my $proxy = HTTP::Proxy->new();

# create a new HTTP::Recorder object
my $agent = new HTTP::Recorder;

# set the log file (optional)
$agent->file("/tmp/myfile");

# set HTTP::Recorder as the agent for the proxy
$proxy->agent( $agent );

# start the proxy
$proxy->start();

1;

and execution of it (via camino) looks like:

perl recorder.pl
Can't locate object method "query_param" via package "rec-
action=submitform&rec-formname=form2&rec-formnumber=1&rec-form1-text-
USER_ID=1&USER_ID=XXXXXX&rec-form1-password-
USER_PASSWORD=1&USER_PASSWORD=XXXXXXX&rec-form1-submit-
button=1&button=LOGIN&rec-form1-radio-ilang=1&rec-form1-radio-
ilang=1&ilang=j&rec-form1-radio-MENU_POS=1&rec-form1-radio-
MENU_POS=1&MENU_POS=BOTTOM" (perhaps you forgot to load "

>> I am trying to automate a web page interaction and to figure out the
>> initial interaction sequence, I have installed HTTP::Recorder and
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> Regards,
> Gisle

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Mac Forum / Programming / Perl / August 2005

HTTP::Recorder dying