access hidden form value with Mech

crmpicco · April 12th, 2007, 11:02 AM

Anyone have any idea what the 28220 is at the end of this string?

07041216598.85.189.67.113.28220

The value is pre-populated in the script found at: http://booking.jet2.com/cgi-bin/airk...6&LANG=EN&REF=

Code:

<input type=hidden name=AG id="AG" value='07041216598.85.189.67.113.28220'>

Does anyone know how I can access this value with Perl using Mechanize (Mech)?

Cheers,
Picco

www.crmpicco.co.uk
www.ie7.com

ciderpunx · May 29th, 2011, 08:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by crmpicco

Anyone have any idea what the 28220 is at the end of this string?

07041216598.85.189.67.113.28220

The value is pre-populated in the script found at: http://booking.jet2.com/cgi-bin/airk...6&LANG=EN&REF=

Code:

<input type=hidden name=AG id="AG" value='07041216598.85.189.67.113.28220'>

Does anyone know how I can access this value with Perl using Mechanize (Mech)?

Cheers,
Picco

www.crmpicco.co.uk
www.ie7.com

There's an entry in the FAQ of WWW::Mechanize is this what you are after?
http://search.cpan.org/dist/WWW-Mechanize/lib/WWW/Mechanize/FAQ.pod

Quote:

Why do I get "Input 'fieldname' is readonly"?

You're trying to change the value of a hidden field and you
have warnings on.

First, make sure that you actually mean to change the field
that you're changing, and that you don't have a typo. Usually,
hidden variables are set by the site you're working on for a
reason. If you change the value, you might be breaking some
functionality by faking it out.

If you really do want to change a hidden value, make the
changes in a scope that has warnings turned off:

{
local $^W = 0;
$agent->field( name => $value );
}