How do I see the complete URL once I submit a request?

Question

How do I see the complete URL once I submit a request?

I am trying to access the complete list of schools using the site http://directory.acswasc.org/ and then clicking on submit search button which gives page by page listing of schools.

But I am not able to see the complete URL used to get the result.

If I can somehow get the complete URL with parameters, I can then use the python request API on the URL to get the data.

Please let me know how I construct the URL in this case.

I debugged the request using Firebug Firefox plugin:

http://directory.acswasc.org/directory-searchlist.php?hid_CategoryName=&hid_CountyRegionName=&hid_PageCount=-1&hid_PageNum=1&hid_PageStart=1&hid_SchoolCount=-1&selcategory=0&selcounty=0&txtCity=&txtSchoolName=

but I am getting zero results. Am I missing something?

Answer 1

The page uses the POST HTTP method to send the data. Using that request method parameters are not send within the URL but rather enclosed in the body of the request message.

Firebug displays POST parameters in the Post tab of the request. They are displayed in a formatted way, but also as source below that, which is probably what you need.