Can i edit form request before submitting?

[azp]

After filling the form, can i,
instead of submitting it immediately ,
just build the POST request and put it into variable so i can modify it before sending ?

in other words:
1) i fill the form
2) click submit
2a) instead of submitting form a POST/GET request is built and put into variable
3) i edit variable
4) i submit modified request

 

[rostonix]

You can edit innerhtml of elements http://zennolab.com/discussion/threads/how-to-replace-source-of-page.25490/
But i cannot guarantee that server will accept your request after that

 

[azp]

In Perl when using LWP or WWW::Mechanize module for automation, there was such possibility to fill forms, prepare request but not send it , so it could be modified.
A few times it was handy, maybe an idea to implement in future in Zenno...

 

[Tobbe]

There's already a solution for that. And that's exactly what forms are for, "preparing a request".
Add / Remove / Edit / Copy / Fill however many fields you want in a form/source. Not before you submit will the data be sent. Just modify it before you submit.
Or do a POST request directly and skip the whole form modification process.
http://zennolab.com/wiki/en:actions:http

 

[azp]

Making POST/GET request using http://zennolab.com/wiki/en:actions:http requires you to manually craft such request, which is fine in most cases. But sometimes, such in my case, page is JS heavy (some stupid, fail safe JS framework that makes life harder), there are fields that are randomly generated, it is to much hassle to debug JS and learn how those fields/values are generated.

 

[Tobbe]

What I guess is randomly generated is the NAME attributes, which first can be grabbed and then used to build a POST request.
If they use JS to build the fields, you can work with the DOM instead of source to grab info from it.

 

[lokiys]

If honestly then I do not believe that all attributes are generated randomly. Even in facebook where they generate attributes randomly is possible to find some unique ones to use every time.
And again if your resource is more into security than facebook then I'm more than sure they do not allow you to use their page without javascript enabled, what makes post/get requests useful.

Cheers

 

[azp]

It's a web control panel to some self hosted application which is under development which means source changes a lot. It uses JS framework that generates hidden control fields, checks everywhere if text has been entered manually. I do not think it is intended, it is a "feature" of this framework.
When i replace value field of form (<input type text value="asd") value displays as changed, but when i click next all data comes back to values entered from keyboard.
I am using keyboard emulation to overcome this and navigate thru 7 steps, but it could all be done with some source parsing and 1 post request as this is one page with 7 layers... But, at least for me, Zenno is not a tool to parse text, Perl is. Lets not waste time on this.

 

[rostonix]

And why you trying to manipulate DOM instead of filling fields?