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How do I use HTTP Caller to fill in a form?

  • October 28, 2023
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I have been googling/trying to read about it but I dont seem to understand it too well. I dunno if I am trying to do something I cant. I am trying to use the UK Gov website (https://www.tax.service.gov.uk/check-council-tax-band/search) to search for council tax bands with a list of post codes. But the box to search the postcode sends the request and it appears to encrypt the postcode in the URL. Would it be possible to make it fill in this box and hit search?

 

Appreciate any help as I am completely out of the loop here, never used the HTTP part of FME much. Cheers

 

Also apologies if I have posted this in the wrong place!

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david_r
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  • david_rCelebrity
  • October 30, 2023

The HTTPCaller cannot auto-fill web forms, but might be used to communicate with the back-end API used by the web form.

The details will depend a lot on how the website has been made, and if any measures have been put in place to avoid what you're trying to accomplish (automated form submissions). The best starting point is perhaps to look into the details of the network traffic through the browser developer tools, and perhaps also by inspection of the Javascript DOM during form submission. Without understanding exactly what is expected by the back-end, it's going to be difficult to give much advice regarding the HTTPCaller.

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