#384 new
Mark O'Shea

Webrat does not pass empty form fields correctly to mechanize

Reported by Mark O'Shea | July 2nd, 2010 @ 10:14 AM

When a form field is left empty on submit, Webrat passes
{"name" => "name"} to mechanize, rather than {"name" => ""} so its not possible to submit empty fields in a form.

I've added a failing test, as well as the patch and made a pull request

----------------------- lib/webrat/core/elements/form.rb -----------------------
index 5ab345c..1a1cd88 100644
@@ -110,7 +110,10 @@ module Webrat
       when :rack, :sinatra
         Rack::Utils.parse_nested_query(query_string)
       else
-        query_string.split('&').map {|query| { query.split('=').first => query.split('=').last }}
+        query_string.split('&').map {|query|
+           query.match /^(.*?)=(.*)$/
+           { $1 => $2 }
+        }
       end
     end
 

------------------------ spec/private/core/form_spec.rb ------------------------
index aa28fa1..5d17556 100644
@@ -49,3 +49,24 @@ describe "Multiple nested params" do
     click_button
   end
 end
+
+describe "Empty fields in form should be submitted as empty" do
+  it "should post empty fields" do
+    Webrat.configuration.mode = :mechanize
+
+    with_html <<-HTML
+    <html>
+    <form method="post" action="/fields">
+      <input type="text" value="" name="user" />
+      <input type="submit" />
+    </form>
+    </html>
+    HTML
+
+    params = [{"user"=>""}]
+
+    webrat_session.should_receive(:post).with("/fields", params)
+    click_button
+  end
+  
+end

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