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Re:Show HN: Get a list of your Amazon purchases and see what... by jngreenlee on Tuesday July 22, 2014 @03:12PM (#8071010)
Can you briefly explain how to analyze for that, using non-dev tools like Chrome Inspector? I used 'Inspect Element', but found 'Post' on the popup form:

<form id="add_products_form" name="add_products_form" onsubmit="connect_amazon2(); return false;" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" _lpchecked="1">

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Re:Show HN: Get a list of your Amazon purchases and see what... by schrodinger on Tuesday July 22, 2014 @03:16PM (#8071030)
http://i.imgur.com/06580e9.png

This is from chrome developer tools, network tab

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Re:Show HN: Get a list of your Amazon purchases and see what... by jngreenlee on Tuesday July 22, 2014 @03:20PM (#8071053)
So its POST to their server, then GET is generated to AMZ, if I understand correctly?

Also, would you say chrome developer tools is the lightest/most accessible way for the general public to inspect for such a thing?

EDIT: TY, schrodinger. That turned out to be a tab in Dev Tools that I just hadn't dug into before. No need to install anything!

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Re:Show HN: Get a list of your Amazon purchases and see what... by martingordon on Tuesday July 22, 2014 @03:32PM (#8071116)
Using the Chrome Dev Tools, you can record the network requests that occur using the Timeline tab.

It's actually using GET to their server and something unknown to Amazon (that would most likely be server to server and not accessible over Javascript).

Although the method on the form is POST, it has an onsubmit handler which calls the connect_amazon2() JS function (which makes a GET AJAX request on line 311) and then returns false, preventing the form from being submitted.

Yes, the Chrome Dev Tools are probably the easiest way to take a look at this type of information. I actually used Safari, but Chrome's tools are much easier to use.

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Re:Show HN: Get a list of your Amazon purchases and see what... by schrodinger on Tuesday July 22, 2014 @03:32PM (#8071112)
It seems the form submit is being cancelled by the "return false" in the onsubmit, meaning that the form won't be posted normally and that method="post" irrelevant.

The connect_amazon2() must be making the GET request.

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