Re: Clicking nameless buttons with WWW::Mechanize

Longshot, but did you install Crypt::SSLeay? I noticed you're trying for an https url, and you can't do post requests with LWP without Crypt::SSLeay (which I think in turn requires Openssl, at least in my case - windows, ActiveState).

This caused me no end of aggravation, because perl didn't give real good feedback that that was the problem, I had to dink around in Data::Dumper. Seems that a lot of people get bitten by this.

So, just in case.

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Re^2: Clicking nameless buttons with WWW::Mechanize by bobf (Monsignor) on Mar 15, 2005 at 15:08 UTC
No, I do not have Crypt::SSLeay installed - that never occurred to me. I am on Windows and I'm using ActiveState, so thanks for the Openssl comment, too. I'm starting to think I misinterpreted the error message. Thanks for an excellent suggestion! I'll update this node as soon as I try it. Update: I just got Openssl installed. I tried using PPM to install Crypt::SSLeay, but when I first installed perl I foolishly installed it in 'Program Files' and the Crypt::SSLeay installation choked on the space. Update: Intrepid brought to my attention the reloc_perl utility (included in ActiveState perl), which will relocate a perl installation to a new directory. I moved the installation out of the 'Program Files' directory and installed Crypt::SSLeay. However, I'm still getting an error when I try to submit the form: `Unexpected field value http://preview.pharmgkb.org/views/index.jsp at +(eval 5) line 1` [download] I'm baffled. Update: I tracked this error down. Please see the thread "Unexpected field value" error with WWW::Mechanize for more information.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Clicking nameless buttons with WWW::Mechanize by tphyahoo (Vicar) on Mar 15, 2005 at 15:20 UTC
Aha. Well, I remember having trouble installing openssl as well, it was kind of confusing since there seems to be more than one distribution for windows. I finally got it working installing from ShiningLight Openssl. After installing that, check out http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Downloads/ActivePerl/PPM/Repository And follow the tips there to do..... ppm install http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppmpackages/Crypt-SSLeay.ppd Gotta use uwinnipeg, since this isn't included in the standard activestate repositories, for reasons that probably have to do with exporting encryption or something, but I'm not sure. I think I tried making it myself with nmake, as well, and no dice. In the end it only worked with the above ppm install.	[reply]


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