如何自动化IE的POST数据

我们可以通过VB或VC来调用自动化组件IE来进行POST操作,本文将说明如何利用IE控件完成此项工作。我们可以通过GET和POST两种方法向服务器发送数据,通常GET发送的数据不能超过2K,因此限制比较大。

IE支持IWebBrowser接口,此接口中有一个重要的函数Navigate,下面是它的IDL定义语法:

HRESULT Navigate([in] BSTR URL, [in] VARIANT* Flags,
                [in] VARIANT* TargetFrameName, [in] VARIANT* PostData,
                [in] VARIANT* Headers);

为了进行POST操作,只需要URL,PostData和Headers参数即可,其它参数请参阅MSDN中的Internet Client SDK,为了向服务器发出数据,必须保证HTTP服务器地址正确,同时要保证PostData参数包括一个SAFEARRAY数据, 头必须包括BSTR,它包括:

Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

此头说明了发送的数据是依什么编码进行编码的。

请将下面的ASP页保存在IIS服务器上。

   <HTML>
   <%
   cFlavor = Request("Flavor")
   cName = Request("FName")
   %>
   <BODY>
   Hello, <% =cName %>. <br>
   One scoop of <% =cFlavor %> coming right up!
   </BODY>
   </HTML>

Visual Basic

下面是在VB中使用POST,请建立一个标准EXE文件,Form1以按照默认情况创建,并将下列控件加入到form中:

  1.    Object                     Name                  Caption
       -------------------------------------------------------------------
    
       Label                      lblName                First Name
       Label                      lblFlavor              Flavor
       CommandButton              cmdSubmit              Submit
    
       ComboBox                   cboFlavor
       TextBox                    txtName
       TextBox                    edtPostData
  2. 在“工程”中加入“引用”,选择"Microsoft Internet Controls" (SHDOCVW.DLL)。
  3. 插入下面的代码:
          Dim g_oIE As InternetExplorer 'Global reference to an instance of IE
    
          Private Sub cmdSubmit_Click()
    
          edtPostData.Text = ""  ' Initialize an edit box for testing
          ReDim aByte(0) As Byte ' Array of bytes to hold data to post
    
          ' Extract the URL encoded data from the UI, and pack it into an array of bytes
          cFlavor = cboFlavor.List(cboFlavor.ListIndex)
          cParamName = "FName="
          cParamFlavor = "Flavor="
          cSeparator = "&"
          cPostData = cParamName & txtName.Text _
             & cSeparator & cParamFlavor & cFlavor
          PackBytes aByte(), cPostData
    
          ' For testing, rebuild the POST data and stuff it into an edit box
          For i = LBound(aByte) To UBound(aByte)
              edtPostData = edtPostData + Chr(aByte(i))
          Next
    
          Dim vPost As Variant
          vPost = aByte ' Assign the byte array to a VARIANT
          Dim vFlags As Variant
          Dim vTarget As Variant
          Dim vHeaders As Variant
          vHeaders = _
             "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" _
             + Chr(10) + Chr(13)
    
          ' You're done. Now call Navigate Note: modify path to server as appropriate
          g_oIE.Navigate "http://<server>/scripts/navpost.asp", _
             vFlags, vTarget, vPost, vHeaders
    
          End Sub
    
          Private Sub Form_Load()
    
          ' Create an instance of IE
          Set g_oIE = New InternetExplorer
          g_oIE.Visible = True
    
          ' Populate a combobox with some flavor choices
          cboFlavor.List(0) = "Vanilla"
          cboFlavor.List(1) = "Chocolate"
          cboFlavor.List(2) = "Strawberry"
          cboFlavor.ListIndex = 0 ' The default choice
    
          End Sub
    
          ' Utility function to pack the data to post into an array of bytes
          Private Sub PackBytes(ByteArray() As Byte, ByVal PostData As String)
    
          iNewBytes = Len(PostData) - 1   ' Get rid of the null termination
          If iNewBytes < 0 Then
           Exit Sub
          End If
          ReDim ByteArray(iNewBytes)
          For i = 0 To iNewBytes
           ch = Mid(PostData, i + 1, 1)
           If ch = Space(1) Then
              ch = "+"
           End If
           ByteArray(i) = Asc(ch)
          Next
    
          End Sub

     

  4. 加入自己喜欢的URL,关闭所有的IE实例,运行此程序。

Visual C++

在VC++中就要多写一些代码了:

  1. 建立一个Win32控制台应用程序。
  2. 下面是具体代码:
          #include <windows.h>
          #define INITGUID
          #include <initguid.h>
          #include <exdisp.h>
          #include <memory.h>
    
          HRESULT GetPostData(LPVARIANT pvPostData);
    
          void main()
          {
             HRESULT hr;
             IWebBrowserApp* pWBApp = NULL; // Derived from IWebBrowser
             BSTR bstrURL = NULL, bstrHeaders = NULL;
             VARIANT vFlags = {0},
                vTargetFrameName = {0},
                vPostData = {0},
                vHeaders = {0};
    
             if (FAILED(hr = CoInitialize(NULL)))
             {
                return;
             }
    
             if (FAILED(hr = CoCreateInstance(CLSID_InternetExplorer,
                NULL,
                CLSCTX_SERVER,
                IID_IWebBrowserApp,
                (LPVOID*)&pWBApp)))
             {
                goto Error;
             }
    
             bstrURL = SysAllocString(L"http://<server>/scripts/navpost.asp");
             if (!bstrURL)
             {
                goto Error;
             }
    
             bstrHeaders = SysAllocString(
                L"Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\r\n");
             if (!bstrHeaders)
             {
                goto Error;
             }
    
             V_VT(&vHeaders) = VT_BSTR;
             V_BSTR(&vHeaders) = bstrHeaders;
    
             hr = GetPostData(&vPostData);
             hr = pWBApp->Navigate(bstrURL, &vFlags,
                      &vTargetFrameName, &vPostData, &vHeaders);
             pWBApp->put_Visible(VARIANT_TRUE);
    
          Error:
             if (bstrURL) SysFreeString(bstrURL);
             if (bstrHeaders) SysFreeString(bstrHeaders);
             VariantClear(&vPostData);
             if (pWBApp) pWBApp->Release();
             CoUninitialize();
          }
    
          // Pack some data into a SAFEARRAY of BYTEs. Return in a VARIANT
          HRESULT GetPostData(LPVARIANT pvPostData)
          {
             HRESULT hr;
             LPSAFEARRAY psa;
             LPCTSTR cszPostData = "FName=Matt&Flavor=Mocha+Chip";
             UINT cElems = lstrlen(cszPostData);
             LPSTR pPostData;
    
             if (!pvPostData)
             {
                return E_POINTER;
             }
    
             VariantInit(pvPostData);
    
             psa = SafeArrayCreateVector(VT_UI1, 0, cElems);
             if (!psa)
             {
                return E_OUTOFMEMORY;
             }
    
             hr = SafeArrayAccessData(psa, (LPVOID*)&pPostData);
             memcpy(pPostData, cszPostData, cElems);
             hr = SafeArrayUnaccessData(psa);
    
             V_VT(pvPostData) = VT_ARRAY | VT_UI1;
    
             V_ARRAY(pvPostData) = psa;
             return NOERROR;
          }