POST information to html form via java?

[alacn]

I've been trying to work this out for a while now but cant seem to do it. I've downloade various different source codes but none seem to work ann they all use slightly different techniques. Basically im at a total loss

Could someone point me in the right direction or show me some proven source code they've used to get this to work.


What im trying to do is use a search engine which is similiar to google.
And im trying to use the POST method to send information to that form via a form that ive made in java, and then display the results.

[Norm]

There are sample code bits on the forum. To do a POST requires calling a set method before outputting the text of the post data. I forget the method name. Do a Search here for URLConnection or POST

[Lil_Aziz1]

I think you have to use the GET method because of the action name on the form. I tried using POST and I get HTML error 405. HTTP Error 405 Method not allowed Explained

[Norm]

It depends on what the server wants to receive: GET or POST.
You can't assume it will accept either one. Look in the HTML that you are using for your source of <FORM contents.

[Lil_Aziz1]

I have looked @ that. What would you send if the action name is "/search" via POST? This is what I came up with and I'm getting an exception:

		GoogleOut.write("hl=en&source=hp&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=Java+Tutorials&btnG=Google+Search");

[Norm]

I'm not sure what the GoogleOut.write() method does. Its arg looks like a query string.
What I was talking about is in the HTML file loaded into a browser. The <FORM tag defines if the query is a GET or a POST by its METHOD= attribute.

<FORM ACTION="http://127.0.0.1:8081/Test_Upload" METHOD=POST ENCTYPE="multipart/form-data">

[Lil_Aziz1]

Yes that's what I'm talking about too. For my <form tag I have this:

<form action="/search" name=f onsubmit="google.fade=null"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr valign=top><td width=25%>&nbsp;</td><td align=center nowrap>

I was told that if no method attribute is there, I was to assume its method is GET.

[alacn]

thanks for the reply guys, i was using google as a quick example, the form that i will be posting to using POST method.

I will read over whats been wrote in next few days, ive just been preoccuppied last few days.