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Fix docs about making external requests with BrowserKit #8823

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20 changes: 12 additions & 8 deletions components/browser_kit.rst
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Expand Up @@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ The BrowserKit Component
The BrowserKit component simulates the behavior of a web browser, allowing
you to make requests, click on links and submit forms programmatically.

.. note::

The BrowserKit component can only make internal requests to your application.
If you need to make requests to external sites and applications, consider
using `Goutte`_, a simple web scraper based on Symfony Components.

Installation
------------

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use Acme\Client;

$client = new Client();
$crawler = $client->request('GET', 'http://symfony.com');
$crawler = $client->request('GET', '/');

The value returned by the ``request()`` method is an instance of the
:class:`Symfony\\Component\\DomCrawler\\Crawler` class, provided by the
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use Acme\Client;

$client = new Client();
$crawler = $client->request('GET', 'http://symfony.com');
$crawler = $client->request('GET', '/product/123');
$link = $crawler->selectLink('Go elsewhere...')->link();
$client->click($link);

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// Make a request
$client = new Client();
$crawler = $client->request('GET', 'http://symfony.com');
$crawler = $client->request('GET', '/');

// Get the cookie Jar
$cookieJar = $client->getCookieJar();
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// Make a request
$client = new Client();
$crawler = $client->request('GET', 'http://symfony.com');
$crawler = $client->request('GET', '/');

// Get the cookie Jar
$cookieJar = $client->getCookieJar();
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use Acme\Client;

// make a real request to an external site
$client = new Client();
$client->request('GET', 'http://symfony.com');
$client->request('GET', '/');

// select and click on a link
$link = $crawler->selectLink('Documentation')->link();
Expand All @@ -217,9 +222,8 @@ also delete all the cookies::

use Acme\Client;

// make a real request to an external site
$client = new Client();
$client->request('GET', 'http://symfony.com');
$client->request('GET', '/');

// delete history
$client->restart();
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