On Dec 24, 8:20 am, Brian D <brianden...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
