Re: [Lynx-dev] Post_data, or, how can I automagically send a username/password to a site?

[David Woolley]

On 01/12/16 04:44, jeremy bentham wrote:
>   lynx -post_data <site>
>   username or barcode: <username>
>    (the name of the username field)
>   password: <password>
>   ---
>   <CR><CR>

That is not a standard format for post data.  Post data should be 
directly in the wire format, see: 
<http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14551194/how-are-parameters-sent-in-an-http-post-request>. 
 Also, it is unlikely that anyone would include spaces in the wire 
format for forms, and if they did, they would need to be replaced by "+" 
or "%20"  The labels on the displayed form need bear no resemblance to 
the wire format.

I would assume that Lynx sends application/x-www-form-urlencoded as the 
content-type, so can only post in that format.