On Thu, Jan 20, 2000 at 04:17:16PM +1100, Shao Zhang wrote: > Hi, > I am setting up a system where I can automatically submit all > the info to a FORM for registering a new domain name using perl > scripts. > > I use the following in my perl script and it works with most of the > forms: > > echo "domain=hello.world.org.au&action=submit" | lynx -dump -post_data > "aunic.telstra.net/cgi-bin/td.pl" > > But this will fail when there needs multi part FORM submission > which is happened when applying for .net.au domains, the form is > available at: > > https://registry.connect.com.au/cgi-bin/na_create.cgi > > Can anyone please help me with automating the submission of this > FROM?? > > Thanks. > > Shao.
Install libwww-perl and take a look at the man page for HTTP::Request::Common. It can do all you require, and a lot more efficiently than starting up a shell and lynx. Any problems, post back to the list. HTH. -- Regards, Paul
