FORM POST data required for a new page

[rodske]

I have a page that requires specific form POST data in order to display. How can I test this?

[forumsupport]

Hello,

Automation Anywhere can be used to perform almost any web task. It has a very powerful Web Recorder feature that understands all the controls of Internet Explorer page and it finds them and clicks on them even if they move around in the web page.

If you could tell us more about your requirement, we would be able to help you more with specific examples.

[rodske]

I have a web site that I am required to test, that responds to form POST(as opposed to GET / querystring parameter) data. Immediately after a web form is posted, a page is presented (only after form post) that I am required to validated (data content of a web control) for specific content.

BTW: Any ideas on how would you automatedly test client-side form validation?

[forumsupport]

Hello,

Yes, you can easily do that using Extract Data feature of the Web Recorder. Using Extract Data select the control during the recording (using Web Recorder) and assign the value of the control to a variable.

Then once the recording is done, open the task in editor and insert a condition after the Extract Data statement to check for the value of the variable and perform the validations accordingly. When the task runs, your variable will be populated by the value of the control that you opted to extract during the recording.

If you want to check only if a contorl exists then you can use If Web Contorl Exists or If Web Control Does Not Exist options.

Hope that helps!