Sending http headers in CasperJS presentation form

Question

I have a test step with CasperJS that does the following:

this.fillSelectors("#registration-form", {
    "#first-name": "Bob",
    "#last-name": "Smith",
    "#email-address": RANDOM_EMAIL,
    "#password": PASSWORD,
    "#password-confirm": PASSWORD
}, true);

I want to be able to send an HTTP header along with this. It seems I can’t find a way to do this without “manually” publishing the form, which is not the theme that I want here.

Answer 1

There is an easier way than the one below. You can access the casper.page.customHeadersinstance property of the PhantomJS webpage.

casper.then(function() {
    casper.page.customHeaders = {
        "CuStOm": "Header"
    }; // set headers
    this.fillSelectors("#registration-form", { /*...*/ }, true);
});

casper.then(function() {
    casper.page.customHeaders = {}; // reset headers
});

, , . setTimeout fillSelectors.

---

. __utils__.sendAJAX .

XMLHttpRequest . Ajax, :

casper.thenFormToXHR = function(formSelector, data, customHeaders){
    this.thenEvaluate(function(formSelector, customHeaders){
        // see https://stackoverflow.com/a/19838177/1816580
        function submitForm(oFormElement) {
            window.__requestDone = false;
            var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
            for(var header in customHeaders) {
                xhr.setRequestHeader(header, customHeaders[header]);
            }
            xhr.onload = function(){
                window.__requestDone = true;
            };
            xhr.open (oFormElement.method, oFormElement.action, true);
            xhr.send (new FormData(oFormElement));
            return false;
        }
        document.querySelector(formSelector).onsubmit = submitForm;
    }, formSelector, customHeaders);
    this.then(function(){
        this.fillSelectors(formSelector, data, true);
    });
    this.waitFor(function check(){
        return this.evaluate(function(){
            return window.__requestDone;
        });
    });
};

:

casper.thenFormToXHR("#registration-form", {
    "#first-name": "Bob",
    "#last-name": "Smith",
    "#email-address": RANDOM_EMAIL,
    "#password": PASSWORD,
    "#password-confirm": PASSWORD
}, {
    "X-Requested-With": "XMLHttpRequest" // here should be your custom headers
});

, XHR:

casper.formToXHR = function(formSelector, data, customHeaders){
    this.evaluate(function(formSelector, customHeaders){
        // see https://stackoverflow.com/a/19838177/1816580
        function submitForm(oFormElement) {
            var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
            for(var header in customHeaders) {
                xhr.setRequestHeader(header, customHeaders[header]);
            }
            xhr.open (oFormElement.method, oFormElement.action, true);
            xhr.send (new FormData(oFormElement));
            return false;
        }
        document.querySelector(formSelector).onsubmit = submitForm;
    }, formSelector, customHeaders);
    this.fillSelectors(formSelector, data, true);
};