Thread: Auto POST

The project i am working on requires the HTML POST data to be sent automatically to a local server... Without the user pressing any button on a HTML page etc..

This needs to be done untill the local server BAN's the IP. The problem is how do i send the POST data like that.. if it was GET i could just create the URL and use a software to check that URL any number of times.. Can a JAVA script or some software send the required POST data required number of times...


Help would be appreciated

why are you doing that?

from a webpage? easiest way I can think of is in a flash movie. you can post very easily and repeatedly in flash.

in an app? there's always a WinInet looping post thing. shouldn't be more than a few lines of code

Doesn't sound like the nicest thing to make...

Originally posted by -KEN-
Doesn't sound like the nicest thing to make...

Yeh, why are you doing this?

i guess you can do a javascript function that opens a child window in the background, and that child window loops sending the post?

can any one here please give an example or a small java script code snipet on how to do it...

can you use a perl script?

Code:

#!/usr/bin/perl

%form = ( key1 => "key1value",   # whatever you want to post goes here, fairly straightforward.
          key2 => "key2value",
	  key3 => "key3value" );

use URI::URL;
use LWP::UserAgent;

while(1)
{
 $ua = new LWP::UserAgent;  
 my $curl = url("http:");
 $curl->query_form(%form);
 my $req = new HTTP::Request 'POST',
 "http://www.singtel-mobile.com/products_services/online_services/sms.html"; # your url here
 $req->content_type('application/x-www-form-urlencoded');
 $req->content($curl->equery);
 print $ua->request($req)->as_string; #this will print the results, comment it out if you feel it slows things down too much.
}

thanx.. it works now