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Re: curl command (post data question)

From: Doug McNutt <douglist_at_macnauchtan.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 08:56:18 -0600

At 16:14 +0200 9/3/09, Jagg Crossbone wrote:
>I tried it with the __VIEWSTATE field and also with the complete post data
>(I fetched with "live http headers" addon for firefox) but no chance to get
>"Darstellung:" = 5 and "Zeilen pro Seite:" = 100 :-(
>
>Here is for example the complete post data command I tried (long sorry):
>
>curl -d "ctl00_ctl00_ScriptManagerWP1_HiddenField=&__EVENTTARGET=&__EVENTARGUMENT=&__LASTFOCUS=&__VIEWSTATE=%2FwEPDwUENTM4MQ9kFgJmD2QWAmYPZBYEAgEPZBYCZg8WAh4EaH

big SNIP by DPM

3%24Txt_Time=23%3A59&ctl00%24ctl00%24ctl22%24ctl00%24ctl03%24DD_Step=5&ctl00%24ctl00%24ctl22%24ctl00%24ctl03%24DD_Lines=100&ctl00%24ctl00%24ctl22%24ctl00%24ctl03%24IBtn_Refresh1.x=44&ctl00%24ctl00%24ctl22%24ctl00%24ctl03%24IBtn_Refresh1.y=8" "http://www.handelsblatt.com/finanzen/kursprofil/_p=389,wp1_symbol=DXU9.DTB,wp1_t=wp1_quoteshistory" > source.html

It's possible, depending on your OS, that you are exceeding some limit for the length of a command line. It certainly would exceed the limit in my first UNIX account, circa 1981.

I'm pretty sure the -d option can accept a file as an argument - something like @/tmp/path.

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Received on 2009-09-03