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48 Class FormElement
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65 <h1 class="epydoc">Class FormElement</h1><p class="nomargin-top"><span class="codelink"><a href="lxml.html-pysrc.html#FormElement">source code</a></span></p>
66 <pre class="base-tree">
69 <a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html" onclick="show_private();">etree._Element</a> --+
71 <a href="lxml.etree.ElementBase-class.html">etree.ElementBase</a> --+
75 <a href="lxml.html.HtmlMixin-class.html">HtmlMixin</a> --+
77 <a href="lxml.html.HtmlElement-class.html">HtmlElement</a> --+
79 <strong class="uidshort">FormElement</strong>
83 Represents a <form> element.
85 <!-- ==================== INSTANCE METHODS ==================== -->
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108 <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="_name"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">_name</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>)</span></td>
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110 <span class="codelink"><a href="lxml.html-pysrc.html#FormElement._name">source code</a></span>
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120 <span class="summary-type"> </span>
121 </td><td class="summary">
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124 <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="form_values"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">form_values</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>)</span><br />
125 Return a list of tuples of the field values for the form.
126 This is suitable to be passed to <tt class="rst-docutils literal">urllib.urlencode()</tt>.</td>
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128 <span class="codelink"><a href="lxml.html-pysrc.html#FormElement.form_values">source code</a></span>
137 <td colspan="2" class="summary">
138 <p class="indent-wrapped-lines"><b>Inherited from <code><a href="lxml.html.HtmlElement-class.html">HtmlElement</a></code></b>:
139 <code><a href="lxml.html.HtmlElement-class.html#cssselect">cssselect</a></code>,
140 <code><a href="lxml.html.HtmlElement-class.html#set">set</a></code>
142 <p class="indent-wrapped-lines"><b>Inherited from <code><a href="lxml.etree.ElementBase-class.html">etree.ElementBase</a></code></b>:
143 <code><a href="lxml.etree.ElementBase-class.html#__init__">__init__</a></code>,
144 <code><a href="lxml.etree.ElementBase-class.html#__new__">__new__</a></code>
146 <p class="indent-wrapped-lines"><b>Inherited from <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html" onclick="show_private();">etree._Element</a></code></b>:
147 <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#__contains__">__contains__</a></code>,
148 <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#__copy__">__copy__</a></code>,
149 <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#__deepcopy__">__deepcopy__</a></code>,
150 <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#__delitem__">__delitem__</a></code>,
151 <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#__getitem__">__getitem__</a></code>,
152 <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#__iter__">__iter__</a></code>,
153 <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#__len__">__len__</a></code>,
154 <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#__nonzero__">__nonzero__</a></code>,
155 <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#__repr__">__repr__</a></code>,
156 <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#__reversed__">__reversed__</a></code>,
157 <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#__setitem__">__setitem__</a></code>,
158 <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#addnext">addnext</a></code>,
159 <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#addprevious">addprevious</a></code>,
160 <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#append">append</a></code>,
161 <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#clear">clear</a></code>,
162 <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#extend">extend</a></code>,
163 <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#find">find</a></code>,
164 <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#findall">findall</a></code>,
165 <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#findtext">findtext</a></code>,
166 <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#get">get</a></code>,
167 <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#getchildren">getchildren</a></code>,
168 <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#getiterator">getiterator</a></code>,
169 <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#getnext">getnext</a></code>,
170 <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#getparent">getparent</a></code>,
171 <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#getprevious">getprevious</a></code>,
172 <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#getroottree">getroottree</a></code>,
173 <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#index">index</a></code>,
174 <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#insert">insert</a></code>,
175 <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#items">items</a></code>,
176 <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#iter">iter</a></code>,
177 <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#iterancestors">iterancestors</a></code>,
178 <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#iterchildren">iterchildren</a></code>,
179 <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#iterdescendants">iterdescendants</a></code>,
180 <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#iterfind">iterfind</a></code>,
181 <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#itersiblings">itersiblings</a></code>,
182 <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#itertext">itertext</a></code>,
183 <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#keys">keys</a></code>,
184 <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#makeelement">makeelement</a></code>,
185 <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#remove">remove</a></code>,
186 <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#replace">replace</a></code>,
187 <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#values">values</a></code>,
188 <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#xpath">xpath</a></code>
190 <div class="private"> <p class="indent-wrapped-lines"><b>Inherited from <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html" onclick="show_private();">etree._Element</a></code></b> (private):
191 <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#_init" onclick="show_private();">_init</a></code>
193 <p class="indent-wrapped-lines"><b>Inherited from <code><a href="lxml.html.HtmlMixin-class.html">HtmlMixin</a></code></b>:
194 <code><a href="lxml.html.HtmlMixin-class.html#drop_tag">drop_tag</a></code>,
195 <code><a href="lxml.html.HtmlMixin-class.html#drop_tree">drop_tree</a></code>,
196 <code><a href="lxml.html.HtmlMixin-class.html#find_class">find_class</a></code>,
197 <code><a href="lxml.html.HtmlMixin-class.html#find_rel_links">find_rel_links</a></code>,
198 <code><a href="lxml.html.HtmlMixin-class.html#get_element_by_id">get_element_by_id</a></code>,
199 <code><a href="lxml.html.HtmlMixin-class.html#iterlinks">iterlinks</a></code>,
200 <code><a href="lxml.html.HtmlMixin-class.html#make_links_absolute">make_links_absolute</a></code>,
201 <code><a href="lxml.html.HtmlMixin-class.html#resolve_base_href">resolve_base_href</a></code>,
202 <code><a href="lxml.html.HtmlMixin-class.html#rewrite_links">rewrite_links</a></code>,
203 <code><a href="lxml.html.HtmlMixin-class.html#text_content">text_content</a></code>
205 <p class="indent-wrapped-lines"><b>Inherited from <code>object</code></b>:
206 <code>__delattr__</code>,
207 <code>__format__</code>,
208 <code>__getattribute__</code>,
209 <code>__hash__</code>,
210 <code>__reduce__</code>,
211 <code>__reduce_ex__</code>,
212 <code>__setattr__</code>,
213 <code>__sizeof__</code>,
214 <code>__str__</code>,
215 <code>__subclasshook__</code>
220 <!-- ==================== PROPERTIES ==================== -->
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228 <td align="left"><span class="table-header">Properties</span></td>
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239 <span class="summary-type"> </span>
240 </td><td class="summary">
241 <a href="lxml.html.FormElement-class.html#action" class="summary-name">action</a><br />
242 Get/set the form's <tt class="rst-docutils literal">action</tt> attribute.
246 <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary">
247 <span class="summary-type"> </span>
248 </td><td class="summary">
249 <a href="lxml.html.FormElement-class.html#fields" class="summary-name">fields</a><br />
250 Dictionary-like object that represents all the fields in this
251 form. You can set values in this dictionary to effect the
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257 <span class="summary-type"> </span>
258 </td><td class="summary">
259 <a href="lxml.html.FormElement-class.html#inputs" class="summary-name">inputs</a><br />
260 Returns an accessor for all the input elements in the form.
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265 <span class="summary-type"> </span>
266 </td><td class="summary">
267 <a href="lxml.html.FormElement-class.html#method" class="summary-name">method</a><br />
268 Get/set the form's method. Always returns a capitalized
269 string, and defaults to <tt class="rst-docutils literal">'GET'</tt>
273 <td colspan="2" class="summary">
274 <p class="indent-wrapped-lines"><b>Inherited from <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html" onclick="show_private();">etree._Element</a></code></b>:
275 <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#attrib">attrib</a></code>,
276 <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#base">base</a></code>,
277 <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#nsmap">nsmap</a></code>,
278 <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#prefix">prefix</a></code>,
279 <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#sourceline">sourceline</a></code>,
280 <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#tag">tag</a></code>,
281 <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#tail">tail</a></code>,
282 <code><a href="lxml.etree._Element-class.html#text">text</a></code>
284 <p class="indent-wrapped-lines"><b>Inherited from <code><a href="lxml.html.HtmlMixin-class.html">HtmlMixin</a></code></b>:
285 <code><a href="lxml.html.HtmlMixin-class.html#base_url">base_url</a></code>,
286 <code><a href="lxml.html.HtmlMixin-class.html#body">body</a></code>,
287 <code><a href="lxml.html.HtmlMixin-class.html#classes">classes</a></code>,
288 <code><a href="lxml.html.HtmlMixin-class.html#forms">forms</a></code>,
289 <code><a href="lxml.html.HtmlMixin-class.html#head">head</a></code>,
290 <code><a href="lxml.html.HtmlMixin-class.html#label">label</a></code>
292 <p class="indent-wrapped-lines"><b>Inherited from <code>object</code></b>:
293 <code>__class__</code>
298 <!-- ==================== PROPERTY DETAILS ==================== -->
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316 <a name="action"></a>
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321 <h3 class="epydoc">action</h3>
322 Get/set the form's <tt class="rst-docutils literal">action</tt> attribute.
325 <dd class="value"><span class="summary-sig"><i>unreachable</i>.action(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>)</span>
326 - Get/set the form's <tt class="rst-docutils literal">action</tt> attribute.
329 <dd class="value"><span class="summary-sig"><i>unreachable</i>.action(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>,
330 <span class="summary-sig-arg">value</span>)</span>
332 <dt>Delete Method:</dt>
333 <dd class="value"><span class="summary-sig"><i>unreachable</i>.action(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>)</span>
338 <a name="fields"></a>
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343 <h3 class="epydoc">fields</h3>
344 Dictionary-like object that represents all the fields in this
345 form. You can set values in this dictionary to effect the
349 <dd class="value"><span class="summary-sig"><i>unreachable</i>.fields(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>)</span>
350 - Dictionary-like object that represents all the fields in this
351 form. You can set values in this dictionary to effect the
355 <dd class="value"><span class="summary-sig"><i>unreachable</i>.fields(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>,
356 <span class="summary-sig-arg">value</span>)</span>
361 <a name="inputs"></a>
363 <table class="details" border="1" cellpadding="3"
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366 <h3 class="epydoc">inputs</h3>
367 <p>Returns an accessor for all the input elements in the form.</p>
368 <p>See <a href="lxml.html.InputGetter-class.html" class="link">InputGetter</a> for more information about the object.</p>
371 <dd class="value"><span class="summary-sig"><i>unreachable</i>.inputs(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>)</span>
372 - Returns an accessor for all the input elements in the form.
377 <a name="method"></a>
379 <table class="details" border="1" cellpadding="3"
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382 <h3 class="epydoc">method</h3>
383 Get/set the form's method. Always returns a capitalized
384 string, and defaults to <tt class="rst-docutils literal">'GET'</tt>
387 <dd class="value"><span class="summary-sig"><i>unreachable</i>.method(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>)</span>
388 - Get/set the form's method. Always returns a capitalized
389 string, and defaults to <tt class="rst-docutils literal">'GET'</tt>
392 <dd class="value"><span class="summary-sig"><i>unreachable</i>.method(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>,
393 <span class="summary-sig-arg">value</span>)</span>
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