not so simple post to a web site

Sat May 25 00:49:01 EDT 2002

>Kee,
>
>try:
>
>post "user=bartsimpson&pass=maggiesimpson&querytext="&myValue to URL
>https://www.kagi.com/cgi-bin/TheQueryCGI.cgi
>
>where myValue is the value of the textarea you want to post.
>
>If you need to post filedata, try the altSAfileup control at:
>http://www.altuit.com/webs/altuit2/RunRev/Downloads.htm
>
>-Chipp

Thank you Chipp, I'll give it a try (the CGI is down right now so 
I'll have to wait until Monday). Thanks, Kee

>  > -----Original Message-----
>>  From: use-revolution-admin at lists.runrev.com
>>  [mailto:use-revolution-admin at lists.runrev.com]On Behalf Of Kee Nethery
>>  Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 6:12 PM
>>  To: use-revolution at lists.runrev.com
>>  Subject: not so simple post to a web site
>>
>>
>>  I have a simple web page, source shown below (the names have been
>>  changed to protect the innocent). The web page this HTML creates is a
>>  form with one field and one button. Enter text into the field and
>>  press the button and in submits the text to a CGI which returns HTML.
>>
>>  I'd like to use Revolution to hit the same web CGI and get data back
>>  but I cannot figure out what parts and pieces go into the parts of
>>  the "post" command in Revolution.
>>
>>  Can someone show me how I would convert this web page into the "post"
>>  command (if that is the correct command) if the text that was entered
>>  into the field on the web page was "this is the text in the field"?
>>
>>  --------------
>>  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
>>  <!DOCTYPE html
>>	PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
>>	"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
>>  <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
>>  lang="en-US"><head><title>Kagi Query</title>
>>  </head><body><form method="post"
>>  action="https://www.kagi.com/cgi-bin/TheQueryCGI.cgi?user=bartsimp
>son&pass=maggiesimpson"
>>  enctype="application/x-www-form-urlencoded">
>>  <input type="hidden" name="user" value="bartsimpson" /><input
>>  type="hidden" name="pass" value="maggiesimpson" /><textarea
>>  name="queryText" rows="10" cols="80"></textarea><br /><br /><input
>>  type="submit" name=".submit" /></form></body></html>
>>  --------------
>>
>>  It's a mystery to me. Thanks in advance.
>>
>>  Kee Nethery
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