Curl Question

[dose]

how would i go about filling in the find player field on this page using curl http://gearsofwar.xbox.com/WebStats/default.htm

 

ive tried using the post and postfields options but im pretty new to php so i probally did it wrong.. can anyone help me with this?

[patrickmvi]

Below is the request that you have to replicate using CURL to do what you want to do:

 

POST /WebStats/default.htm HTTP/1.1
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en-us
Referer: http://gearsofwar.xbox.com/WebStats/default.htm
x-microsoftajax: Delta=true
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Cache-Control: no-cache
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0)
Host: gearsofwar.xbox.com
Content-Length: 3283
Connection: Keep-Alive
Cookie: ecm=user_id=0&isMembershipUser=0&site_id=&username=&new_site=/&unique_id=0&site_preview=0&langvalue=0&DefaultLanguage=1033&NavLanguage=1033&LastValidLanguageID=1033&ContType=&UserCulture=1033&dm=gearsofwar.xbox.com&SiteLanguage=1033; ASP.NET_SessionId=ljy1gxmigvd45jrhqyfixyud; BIGipServerGearsofwar.xbox.com.80=2469767360.20480.0000; LanguageInfo=; MGSInfo_Session=RU=%2fdefault.htm; MGSInfo=AID=10585&AD=10802; MGSXI_Session=; MGSAuth_Session=LP=%2fWebStats%2fdefault.htm

ctl00$ContentPlaceHolder1$ScriptManager1=ctl00$ContentPlaceHolder1$WebstatsPanel|ctl00$ContentPlaceHolder1$btnSearch&__EVENTTARGET=&__EVENTARGUMENT=&__VIEWSTATE=%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%2BFwQ2QlGOqSNy7&__EVENTVALIDATION=%2FwEWQQK54visCgKvu%2BaKAQKKs6SSCQL3uvOGAgKpjND9CALzg8KFCwKxn%2F7DDAKtmp2tBALhurbHCAKQ9eiiBALbxfHXAwLD%2FcvoDwK2guDoDAL8p%2FpqApesvN8PAoL2z%2FIBAq2w2MINAob1kukOAtK51psPAriexLgGAtW%2FwEUC66H1hw0CqMG%2B8Q4ChPal7QgC7%2Ffw2AsCqtXwmAkC98%2BTuQICqd%2BItAYCxN3i1w8C8vDY%2BgQCvoK%2B7AoCwOv%2Big4CoOSGpQcCy7G7iA8C4pyD7AECgPTMUgLt9%2BD6BQKW%2BdeoBALDpKLECQLy3ffbCwLjo8S4BgLhyMeWCgLLw6LqCwLM84ISApje6oYPAqXv%2BbAHAq%2BbyKcLAu7Jmu4NAoXmybAMAqbk%2FZoFAvODy%2F0PAvj0poMMAuKaj4QGAsvxjJMPAsPVy8wFAp2W9M4DAqK%2BncwOAobf5osBAqO59IQLAr%2Bsx7kGAsWA6oEFAvj1vHMCp6X%2FoAwClYDx3g4C%2F%2B%2F2ow%2BsQQUbpStPt0HqIdcAtSDuUkWUKQ%3D%3D&ctl00$ContentPlaceHolder1$txtGamertag=foo&ctl00$ContentPlaceHolder1$GTTagWaterMark_ClientState=&ctl00$ContentPlaceHolder1$WebStatsNavigation$Stats_Accordion_AccordionExtender_ClientState=&ctl00$ContentPlaceHolder1$btnSearch.x=8&ctl00$ContentPlaceHolder1$btnSearch.y=14

 

I've done quite a bit of this sort of thing and can tell you that by looking at this, it looks like it would be a lot more work than just posting to it.  You have to figure out how to re-create all of the Cookie and Post data in order to get the proper response from their system.  This would involve a good amount of time and a lot of trial and error.