Mechanize - Click a table row to navigate to detail page

Diez B. Roggisch deets at nospam.web.de
Fri Dec 25 05:36:20 EST 2009


Brian D schrieb:
> A search form returns a list of records embedded in a table.
> 
> The user has to click on a table row to call a Javascript call that
> opens up the detail page.
> 
> It's the detail page, of course, that really contains the useful
> information.
> 
> How can I use Mechanize to click a row?

You can't, if there is javascript involved. You can try & use Firebug to 
see what the javascript eventually calls, with which parameters. Then 
construct that url based on the parameters in the table row's javascript 
(which of course you have to parse yourself out of the code)

Diez



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