HTMLUNIT

[Jimmy Bua]

Hey guys I'm new to this board and to java programming. I have a question, I'm wanting to use HtmlUnit for my prog but don't really understand how to get it working.. The example from the website doesn't make any sense as there isn't anything getting imported nor does it declare anything..

@Test
public void submittingForm() throws Exception {
    final WebClient webClient = new WebClient();

    // Get the first page
    final HtmlPage page1 = webClient.getPage("http://some_url");

    // Get the form that we are dealing with and within that form, 
    // find the submit button and the field that we want to change.
    final HtmlForm form = page1.getFormByName("myform");

    final HtmlSubmitInput button = form.getInputByName("submitbutton");
    final HtmlTextInput textField = form.getInputByName("userid");

    // Change the value of the text field
    textField.setValueAttribute("root");

    // Now submit the form by clicking the button and get back the second page.
    final HtmlPage page2 = button.click();

    webClient.closeAllWindows();
}

I have tried to find some tutorials that explain it better but I haven't really seen any. Thanks in advanced!

[fred rosenberger]

when you say "the website" - what website would that be?

[Paul Clapham]

I suspect that the people (whoever they are) who posted that example assumed that it would be used by somebody who knew the basics of Java programming. It's meant to help you learn about HtmlUnit, not to help you learn Java. So if you were hoping to use it to teach yourself basic things like importing of classes and so on, you're going in the wrong direction. I would suggest you start with The Java™ Tutorials and work your way through that instead.

[Knute Snortum]

Welcome to the Ranch, Jimmy.

Remember to always QuoteYourSources. We want to know where that code came from. It will help us answer your question.

Goggling "HtmlUnit Tutorial" brings up this. Is this your source? This website assumes you are an experienced programmer and that you know JUnit. Tell us why you want to learn HtmlUnit?

[Jimmy Bua]

Thanks guys! Yes that is the source. I'll take some more time and read through the getting started. I guess the example is also using Junit. I'm going to play around with it tonight and see how it goes.