httpclient - commons
friso dejonge
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posted 12 years ago
Hi,
i just read some articles on the commons, but i am looking specifically at the httpclient now. It looks to me like this can be used, maybe is used as some sort of testing engine like the httpunit.jar
Retrieve a webpage, and take a look at the outcome.
So my questions are:
1. can you chain pages, like filling in a form stretching over multiple pages, and then test the whole form filling procedure
2. can you use javascript in this httpclient, and use the dom-model ?
thanks
friso
i just read some articles on the commons, but i am looking specifically at the httpclient now. It looks to me like this can be used, maybe is used as some sort of testing engine like the httpunit.jar
Retrieve a webpage, and take a look at the outcome.
So my questions are:
1. can you chain pages, like filling in a form stretching over multiple pages, and then test the whole form filling procedure
2. can you use javascript in this httpclient, and use the dom-model ?
thanks
friso
swimming certificate (A & B), shoelaces diploma, and some useless java ones.
Lasse Koskela
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posted 12 years ago
The Commons HttpClient doesn't deal with the HTML/JavaScript level you're describing -- it concentrates on implementing the HTTP protocol and doing it well.
HttpUnit (and HtmlUnit, JWebUnit) on the other hand supports filling and submitting HTML forms and, to some degree, JavaScript on HTML pages.
HttpUnit (and HtmlUnit, JWebUnit) on the other hand supports filling and submitting HTML forms and, to some degree, JavaScript on HTML pages.
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Harshad Oak
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posted 12 years ago
HttpClient is concerned with sending HTTP requests from Java code and then handling the response in Java code.
If i am not mistaken, HtmlUnit uses HttpClient.
If i am not mistaken, HtmlUnit uses HttpClient.
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Surasak Leenapongpanit
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friso dejonge
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posted 12 years ago
i get the point. thanks,
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