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Asked: 2026-05-20T00:48:33+00:00

Okay so I know how to send a HTTP POST request to a website

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Okay so I know how to send a HTTP POST request to a website in code, and I know how to open a url in a browser (HTTP GET). But how do open a HTTP POST in a browser.

EDIT:More Details:
The website allows you to open a page to add a new entry, you can seed that page with information by POSTing that information. I have that information in my Java Desktop application, so from my Java application I want to open the add new entry page in the users preferred browser seeded with the known information.

EDIT:
SO I tried Lees answer, and managed to construct a webpage with a submit button, when you click on it it goes to the final page with fields filled in, but I cant get javascript to work so that it goes there automtically without needing to press the submit button. Here is the webpage I generate

<html><head>
<script type = "text/javascript">
function onLoad() 
{
    document.getElementById('form').submit();
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form name="form" action="http://test.musicbrainz.org/release/add" method="post">
<input name="name" type="hidden" value="Porcupine"/>
<input type="submit" value="send">
</form>
</body>
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  1. Editorial Team

    As there is no way of POSTing via the address bar, you need to serve a page that contains a HTML form and submits that. You can try formulating a javascript: URI (like a favelet) that builds a HTML form and posts it. But I’m not 100% sure that JavaScript URI’s are associated with your preferred browser by the OS. So I’m going to err on the side of “you can’t”.

    But you can GET a page with a form on it and JavaScript that POSTs it. Providing JavaScript is enabled.

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