wget not completely processing the http call
- by user578458
Here is a wget command that executes a HTML / PHP stack report suite that is hosted by a third party - we don't have control over the PHP or HTML page
wget --no-check-certificate --http-user=/myacc --http-password=mypass -O /tmp/myoutput.csv "https://myserver.mydomain.com/mymodule.php?myrepcode=9999&action=exportcsv&admin=myappuserid&password=myappuserpass&startdate=2011-01-16&enddate=2011-01-16&reportby=mypreferredview"
All the elements are working perfectly:
--http-user / --http-pass as offered by a browsers standard popup for username and password prompt
-O /tmp/myoutput.csv - the output file of interest
https://myserver.mydomain.com/mymodule.php?myrepcode=9999&action=exportcsv&admin=myappuserid&password=myappuserpass&startdate=2011-01-16&enddate=2011-01-16&reportby=mypreferredview"
The file generated on the fly by the parameters
myrepcode=9999 - a reference to the report in question
action=exportcsv internally written in the function
admin=myappuserid the third party operats SSL to access the site - then internal username and password stored in a database to access the functions of the site)
password=myappuserpass
startdate=2011-01-16 this and end data are parameters specific to the report 9999
enddate=2011-01-16
reportby=mypreferredview This is an option in the report that facilitates different levels of detail or aggregation
The problem is that the reportby parameter is a radio button selection in a list of 5 selections (sure I enough the default is highest level of aggregation , I want the last one which is the most detailed)
Here is a sample of the HTML page code for the options of reportby
View by
The Default
My Least Preferred
My Second Least Preferred
My Third Least Preferred
My Preferred
No matter which of the reportby items I select in the wget statement - thedefault is always executed.
Questions
1) Has anyone come across this notation in HTML (id=inputname[inputelement])
I spoke to a senior web developer and he has never seen this notation for inputs (id=inputname[inputelement]) - and w3schools do not appear familiar with this either based on an extensive search
2) Can a wget command select a none default radio item when executing the command ?
This probably will be initially received with a "Use CURL" response- however the wget approach works very well in the limited environment I am operating in - particularly as I need to download 10000 of these such items.
Thanks ahead of response
