View Page Source & Return Form Object ID's

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Mar 10th, 2010, 11:36 PM
joshh131

View Page Source & Return Form Object ID's

How would I go about checking a page for form objects and returning all of the object ID's?

I don't even know how to return page source..so go easy on me please.

Any help is greatly appreciated.
Mar 11th, 2010, 01:16 AM
demausdauth

Re: View Page Source & Return Form Object ID's

Why do you need to get all the object IDs? What is it you are trying to do?
Mar 11th, 2010, 03:33 AM
gep13

Re: View Page Source & Return Form Object ID's

Hey,

http://www.vbforums.com/attachment.p...1&d=1172318321

I think demausdauth is right. Can you give some information about what exactly you are trying to achieve. Are you talking about getting the source of a page through code? If so, it is likely that an HttpWebRequest would be your best bet, but we are going to need more information.

Gary
Mar 11th, 2010, 11:48 AM
joshh131

Re: View Page Source & Return Form Object ID's

I am going to make a little bot that will allow users to type in common information (First, Last, Address, Email, Etc). They then can navigate to sites that are giving stuff away, and just use a drop down menu to select the relative text box(via the form id) and then they click "Go" and the bot fills all of the proper information in and submits it.
Mar 11th, 2010, 02:03 PM
gep13

Re: View Page Source & Return Form Object ID's

Hey,

Interesting.

So are you talking about creating a Windows application to do this, or a Web Page?

Gary
Mar 11th, 2010, 04:53 PM
joshh131

Re: View Page Source & Return Form Object ID's

honestly...either one is fine. is there really a difference in what needs to be done?
Mar 11th, 2010, 05:36 PM
Pradeep1210

Re: View Page Source & Return Form Object ID's

Quote:

Originally Posted by joshh131

I am going to make a little bot that will allow users to type in common information (First, Last, Address, Email, Etc). They then can navigate to sites that are giving stuff away, and just use a drop down menu to select the relative text box(via the form id) and then they click "Go" and the bot fills all of the proper information in and submits it.

Sorry.. but we don't support creation of bots. I won't be surprised if one of the moderators closes this thread or remove some posts.
Mar 11th, 2010, 05:40 PM
joshh131

Re: View Page Source & Return Form Object ID's

might have been a bad word to define it...how about "Automated Form Filler"? Doesn't do anything illegal or break any TOS.
There are just a lot of people that sign up for 3 or more free samples every single day. Thought it would be useful if they only had to type all of that crap once.
Mar 11th, 2010, 06:23 PM
MartinLiss

Re: View Page Source & Return Form Object ID's

I wouldn't call this a bot.

In any case, just to let you know, you're reinventing the wheel; look up Roboform.
Mar 11th, 2010, 06:44 PM
brin351

Re: View Page Source & Return Form Object ID's

There are also businesses/websites that hook up with retailers and pay people to subscribe to them and they automatically sign you up for the samples - as long as you provide feedback about the product.
Mar 12th, 2010, 03:19 AM
gep13

Re: View Page Source & Return Form Object ID's

Quote:

Originally Posted by joshh131

honestly...either one is fine. is there really a difference in what needs to be done?

Not really, each one would likely need to make a Request to the page, to find out what form items need to be filled in, and then make another Request, providing all the information.

This could either be done by automating a WebBrowser control, or directly making an HttpWebRequest to the page in question.

Gary