error converting form post

convert to URL

[lchurch]

I have an existing Web service that supports a number of mobile users in another environment. For a number of reasons i need to use that Web service in this new "stuff" I have a test asp page that uses the following code:
<form method="POST" action="http://myaddress.com/HHQuickSync/QuickSync.aspx">
Login Test
<input type="submit" id="cmd" name="cmd" value="LIN"/>
<input type="text" id="user" name="user" value="alis.tejeda"/>
<input type="text" id="pwd" name="pwd" value="BobSpecialPWD"/>
<span id="spanIn" name="spanIn">Login</span>
</

I have tried dozens of variations of this:
myaddress.com/HHQuickSync/QuickSync.aspx?cmd=LIN&user=alis.tejeda&pwd=BobSpecialPWD

I get an error page page back from the server (it always returns a result code). What am I missing?

[phranque]

have you checked the server error log?
perhaps the script only allows POST requests.

[lchurch]

the server only allows POST requests, so is there a way to emulate that through a URL or code?

[phranque]

if you request a url from the address bar of your browser, that is a GET request.

there are other ways of constructing a POST request without submitting a form.
what are you trying to do?

[lchurch]

That's what I thought the issue would be.
I have an environment where I can submit a string with a URL to the net; I need to construct that string so that it includes the parameters of the form (cmd, user, & pwd).
That's what I was trying to do with this string:
myaddress.com/HHQuickSync/QuickSync.aspx?cmd=LIN&user=alis.tejeda&pwd=BobSpecialPWD
but I could never get the syntax right. Is that possible?

[phranque]

I have an environment where I can submit a string with a URL to the net

which means exactly what?
can you submit a POST request from a command line tool such as lwp-request or wget or curl?
or construct/submit a POST request from a script?

[lchurch]

I can construct/submit a POST request from a script, but the format is what's killing me.

[phranque]

the url should be something like example.com/HHQuickSync/QuickSync.aspx and the content of the request should look something like cmd=LIN&user=alis.tejeda&pwd=BobSpecialPWD

[phranque]

when constructing the POST request you also need to specify the encoding used for your content, equivalent to the "enctype" attribute of the "form" element.

http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/interact/forms.html#adef-enctype

This attribute specifies the content type used to submit the form to the server (when the value of method is "post"). The default value for this attribute is "application/x-www-form-urlencoded". The value "multipart/form-data" should be used in combination with the INPUT element, type="file".

http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/interact/forms.html#form-content-type