curl-users
Re: Post in a forum
From: Daniel Stenberg <daniel_at_haxx.se>
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:47:23 +0200 (CEST)
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:47:23 +0200 (CEST)
On Sun, 17 Aug 2008, lakk_esbjrn wrote:
> I would like to know if it is possible to post a reply in a forum (phpBB,
> etc.) using cURL
It is!
> <textarea class="userform" name="message" rows="12" cols="80"></textarea>
>
> <input class="userform" value="Post this message" name="valid" accesskey="S"
> type="submit">
> curl -b "every cookies foud with Live HTTP ( separator = ;)"
That's useless. Cookies very often get unique dynamic content. You need to
first do a login or similar to get the cookie contents for real. And -c is
your friend then.
You should also find further reading on this kind of voodoo here:
http://curl.haxx.se/docs/httpscripting.html
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