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Re: lynx-dev Newbie question - Automating Lynx
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Philip Webb |
Subject: |
Re: lynx-dev Newbie question - Automating Lynx |
Date: |
Sun, 30 May 1999 05:09:37 -0400 (EDT) |
990529 Phil Laird wrote:
> I've been trying to automate my access to our companies share price
> via the Smith Barney Quotes Page using the command;
> $ lynx -post_data -vikeys www.smithbarney.com/port_hold/quote.html
> < ./QADI.txt > /tmp/QADI.out [see below for details]
> When I do this I get the following reply from the server -
>> This server has encountered an internal error which prevents it
>> from fulfilling your request. The most likely cause is a misconfiguration.
>> Please ask the administrator to look for messages in the server's error log.
> If I enter the contents of QADI.txt (minus the ---) into the page
> things are fine. I have reviewed the archive but still have difficulties.
using 2-8-2dev.19 on IRIX 5.3 , i get the same result as you:
i simplified the input file to 2 lines (why do you need `+' & ` l' ?)
& don't use -vikeys . with a server error, you should alert the site,
but i don't know how it could distinguish the origins of Lynx input,
which should appear identical to the server.
> <-------- snip QADI.txt ---------->
> +
> QADI
> l
> ---
> <----- end snip ------------------->
> <------- snip quote.html ---------->
>
> <CENTER>
> <H1>Stock and Mutual Fund Quotes</H1>
> <p>Our stock and mutual fund search provides a quick way to get quotes or
> delayed prices for the securities you select.</p>
>
> <FONT SIZE="4"><B>Search By</B></FONT>
> <BR>
> <FORM METHOD="POST" ACTION="/cgi-bin/benchopen/quoteget">
>
> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="200">
> <TR>
> <TD align=center><INPUT TYPE="radio" NAME="search_type" value=1
> checked>ticker symbol</TD>
> <TD align=center><INPUT TYPE="radio" NAME="search_type" value=3>name</TD>
> </TR>
> </TABLE>
>
> <BR>
> <FONT>Enter one or more ticker symbols (separated by a space)<BR>or a
> security name and click the "Get Quote" button.</FONT>
> <BR> <BR>
> <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="search_string" MAXLENGTH=200 SIZE=40>
> <BR> <BR>
> <INPUT TYPE="image" name="submit" SRC="/img/quote_b.gif" border=0
> VALUE="Get Quote">
> <BR> <BR>
> <INPUT TYPE="Reset">
> </FORM>
> <----- end snip ------------------->
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