ORM's are evil. Was: Mechanize/ClientForm - How to selectIgnoreControl button and submit form

[Brian D]

Just kidding. That was a fascinating discussion.

Now I'd like to see if anyone would rather procrastinate than finish
last-minute shopping.

This problem remains untouched. Anyone want to give it a try? Please?

I'm hoping to implement a project that will be historically
transformational by mapping inequalities in property assessments.

I'm stuck at step one: Scrape data from http://www.opboa.org.

The site uses a bunch of hidden controls.

I can't find a way to get past the initial disclaimer page because the
"Accept" button value reads as None: <IgnoreControl(btAgree=<None>)>
http://www.opboa.org/Search/Disclaimer2.aspx

I've successfully used Mechanize in two other projects, but I've never
seen this IgnoreControl problem before. I also haven't found any
ClientForm examples that handle this problem.

Would anyone like to help me get this off the ground?

Thanks!

 

[Brian D]

Just kidding. That was a fascinating discussion.

Now I'd like to see if anyone would rather procrastinate than finish
last-minute shopping.

This problem remains untouched. Anyone want to give it a try? Please?

I'm hoping to implement a project that will be historically
transformational by mapping inequalities in property assessments.

I'm stuck at step one: Scrape data fromhttp://www.opboa.org.

The site uses a bunch of hidden controls.

I can't find a way to get past the initial disclaimer page because the
"Accept" button value reads as None: <IgnoreControl(btAgree=<None>)>http://www.opboa.org/Search/Disclaimer2.aspx

I've successfully used Mechanize in two other projects, but I've never
seen this IgnoreControl problem before. I also haven't found any
ClientForm examples that handle this problem.

Would anyone like to help me get this off the ground?

Thanks!

Problem solved.

I used the Fiddler Request Builder to discover that the server wanted
a GET request containing the ASP.NET __EVENTTARGET, __EVENTARGUMENT,
and __VIEWSTATE parameters.