Java program to automatically fill out and submit a Web form

Question

I need to write a program to set the fields of a Web form and submit it automatically.
Can anyone help?
Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

heres some code I have been messing about with
import java.applet.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.security.*;
import java.net.*;
/** Author :James Charles 20/03/2004
This module handles the customer booking screen **/
public class Bookings extends Applet implements ActionListener,   // sets up the initial display screen
ItemListener
     Choice details;
     TextField name;
     TextField telephone;
     TextField email;
     TextField address;
     TextField postCode;
     Color webPage = new Color(0,128,255);
     Button btnClick;
     String nameOutput =" ",telephoneOutput=" ",emailOutput=" ",addressOutput=" ",postCodeOutput=" ";
     int jobNumber;
     int authorisationCode ;
     Font formEntry = new Font("SanSerif",Font.BOLD,15);
     Font dataDisplay = new Font("SanSerif",Font.PLAIN,16);
     boolean dataEntry = false;
     int position = 2;
     String[] detailsOutput = { "Choose a Subcontractor","Painter & Decorator","Electrician" };
     public void init(){
          readJobNumber(jobNumber);  // reads the las job number from file jobNumber.dat
          Button btnClick = new Button("Submit Details");
          setBackground(webPage);
          add(new Label("                           Name"));
          name = new TextField(30);
          add(name);
          add(new Label("                           Telephone"));
          telephone = new TextField(25);
          add(telephone);
          add(new Label("House No"));
          address = new TextField(3);
          add(address);
          add(new Label("Post Code"));
          postCode = new TextField(8);
          add(postCode);
          add(new Label("E-Mail address"));
          email = new TextField(35);
          add(email);
     public void start(){
          add(new Label("                                                                       Please choice the appropriate Tradesman that you require"));
                    // choice code set up
          details = new Choice() ;
          details.addItemListener(this);
          details.add("Choose a Sub Contractor");
          details.add("Painter & Decorator");
          details.add("Electrician");
          details.select(0);
          add(details);
          btnClick = new Button("Submit Details");
          btnClick.addActionListener(this);
          add(btnClick);
          btnClick.setEnabled(false);
     public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
          System.out.println("Was in action performed event =" + e);
          dataEntry = true;
          nameOutput = name.getText();
          telephoneOutput = telephone.getText();
          emailOutput = email.getText();
          authorisationCode = (int)(java.lang.Math.random() * 100000);
          if (dataEntry == true){
               btnClick.setEnabled(false);
               repaint();
               System.out.println("In between paint and write");
               WriteBookings(nameOutput,telephoneOutput,emailOutput);
     public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent e) {
          position = details.getSelectedIndex();
          System.out.println("Position in itemStateChanged after getSeletedIndex = " + position);
          btnClick.setEnabled(true);
          repaint();
     public void WriteBookings(String nameOutput,String telephoneOutput,String emailOutput)   {               
                   writeJobNumber(jobNumber);
          try{     
               DataInputStream in = new DataInputStream(new      FileInputStream("CustomerDetails.txt"));
               char singleChar;          
               DataOutputStream out = new DataOutputStream(new FileOutputStream("CustomerDetailsNew.txt"));
          /**     try {
                    jobNumber =in.readInt();            // this code reads last job number and increments it
                    singleChar = in.readChar();
                    jobNumber ++;
                    out.writeInt(jobNumber);
                    out.write('\n');
                    while (true){                           // this code
                         singleChar = in.readChar();
                         out.writeChar(singleChar);
               catch (EOFException e) { }
          out.writeChars(nameOutput);
                out.writeChar('\t');
          out.writeChars(telephoneOutput);
                out.writeChar('\t');
          out.writeChars(emailOutput);
          out.writeChar('\t');
          out.writeInt(jobNumber);
          out.writeChar('\t');
          out.writeInt(authorisationCode);
          out.writeChar('\t');
          out.writeChars(detailsOutput[position]);
                out.writeChar('\n');
          out.close();             
       catch (IOException e){
          System.out.println("Error: " + e);
          System.out.println("Close File"); //*********** End of read/write process, code below renames the new file to the input file
          File fileDelete = new File("CustomerDetails.txt");
          fileDelete.delete();
          try{     
               DataInputStream in = new DataInputStream(new      FileInputStream("CustomerDetailsNew.txt"));
               char singleChar;          
               DataOutputStream out = new DataOutputStream(new FileOutputStream("CustomerDetails.txt"));
               try {
                    while (true){
                         singleChar = in.readChar();
                         out.writeChar(singleChar);
               catch (EOFException e) { }
           catch (IOException e){
          System.out.println("Error: " + e);
     public void readJobNumber(int JobNumber) {
                   StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
                   PrintWriter  pw = new PrintWriter(sw);
          try {
               //URL ftpUrl = new URL("ftp://j-charles:[email protected]/jobNumber.dat");
                        //InputStream inFile = ftpUrl.openStream();
               URL ftpUrl = new URL("ftp://jim:evvcece@/jobNumber.dat");
                       InputStream inFile = ftpUrl.openStream();
               BufferedReader in   =  new BufferedReader (new InputStreamReader (inFile));
               String line = null;
               while ((line = in.readLine()) != null) {
               System.out.println(line);         }
               in.close();     
               catch (IOException e) {
                     System.out.println("Reading Job number error " + e);} // catches IO exception
     public void writeJobNumber(int JobNumber) {
          try {
               URL ftpUrl = new URL("ftp://j-charles:[email protected]/jobNumber.dat");
                       URLConnection conn = ftpUrl.openConnection();
               conn.setDoOutput(true);
                       OutputStream out = conn.getOutputStream();
               System.out.println("writing job number" + jobNumber);
                       PrintWriter writer = new PrintWriter(out);
                       System.out.println("Writing to ftp");
               writer.print(jobNumber);
               writer.print('\n');
                       writer.close();
               out.close();
               catch (IOException e) {
                     System.out.println("Job number error " + e);} // catches IO exception
     public void paint(Graphics g){
          if (dataEntry == true){
               System.out.println("Calling paint");
               g.setFont(dataDisplay);
               g.drawString("Our allocated " +  detailsOutput[position] + " will contact you within 24 hrs", 10,200);
               g.drawRect(0,260,650,50);
               g.drawString("Your details are as follows:", 10,280);
               g.drawString(nameOutput, 10,300);
               g.drawString(telephoneOutput, 200,300);
               g.drawString(emailOutput, 400,300);
               g.drawString( "Job#" + jobNumber, 10,400);
               g.drawString("Authorisation Code:- " + authorisationCode, 200,400);
               g.setFont(formEntry);
               g.drawString("Please keep note of the job number and authorisation code to enable you to use the job tracker screen.",10,450);
          dataEntry = false;
}