jerrygarciuh has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:
Esteemed monks,
When using WWW::Mechanize to automate the use of a form whose method is POST I get the following error from whichever line submits the form:
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"The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods.
The man who tries methods, ignoring principles, is sure to have trouble.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
When using WWW::Mechanize to automate the use of a form whose method is POST I get the following error from whichever line submits the form:
Error POSTing http://www.auduboninstitute.org/test/next.html: Method Not Allowed at ./mech.pl line 26
I have tried using $mech->submit(); and $mech->click(); and get the same results. The CPAN documentation doesn't mention POST at all so I assume it is possible to make this work...
# Tried this first $mech->submit_form( form_number => 0, fields => { login => 'myName', password => 'sumPass' } ); # Also tried $mech->set_visible( $login, $password ); $mech->submit(); # And this $mech->set_visible( $login, $password ); $mech->click();
Any advice?
TIA,
jg_____________________________________________________
"The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods.
The man who tries methods, ignoring principles, is sure to have trouble.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson