Scrape, fill, and submit a static html form from the SacPas website

The function allows users to submit a form query and return the resulting session. If no field arguments are specified, the function will return all available fields and their options for users to select. This function was created with the SacPas webpages in mind but should theoretically work for any webpage with a static form interface.

Usage

scrapeForm(url, formIndex = NULL, ..., returnForm = F)

Arguments

url

URL containing the form(s) of interest

formIndex

This argument is only required if there are more than 1 form on the webpage. A numeric index indicating the form of interest

...

Field names with their appropriate options to submit as a query. Can be left empty to get back a list of available fields and their options. Fields allowing multiple selections should be provided as a vector.

returnForm

Logical, will return the html form if TRUE

Value

An rvest_session

Examples