'open URL' script statement - apparent browser limits on url length

[tomp]

I am using 'open URL' to 'post' data to a web-site. My script creates the URL for doing this. The browser (both FireFox and Safari) returns a 'Request URL too long' for some postings. It seems there is a limit to the url length the browsers will accept, although I have not been able to confirm.

 

I could 'script' around this using multiple 'open URL' statements each posting part of the data, but each 'open URL' statement creates a new tab in FireFox. Have not tested on the Windows side but suspect the same result.

 

Is there a way to suppress the 'new tab' result when using the 'open URL' script step?  An 'endless' list of tabs to get the data posted is unacceptable to my users.

[Lee Smith]

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This topic has been moved from "Advanced & Developer Features" to "Managing Scripts".

[webko]

Well, both servers and browsers have a limit. It's somewhat arbitrary as the actual number that is meant to be accepted has never been defined that I can remember. But anything above about 2Kb of data in a GET statement (ie, through a URL) may not work depending on browser and server.

 

You are better off crafting a self-submitting web page that uses a POST command and fed into a web viewer - the limits on that are much higher and are server dependant.

 

Then you can read back the response to see if it was successful as well.