#!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; use WWW::Mechanize; use File::Temp qw/tempfile/; my $url = "http://www.hiv.lanl.gov/content/sequence/HYPERMUT/hypermut.html"; my $mechanize = WWW::Mechanize->new( autocheck => 1 ); $mechanize->get($url); my $seqfile = make_test_seqfile(); $mechanize->field( 'upfile1', $seqfile ); my $page = $mechanize->content; # save the page locally open my $FH, ">/tmp/hypermut.html"; print {$FH} $page; close $FH; warn "saved webpage data to /tmp/hypermut.html\n"; sub make_test_seqfile { my $testfile = File::Temp->new( UNLINK => 1, SUFFIX => '.fasta' ) or die "File::Temp: $!\n"; warn "opened $testfile"; print {$testfile} << 'END_TESTSEQS'; >HIV1-test.CONS ATGGGATGTCTTGGGAATCAGCTGCTTATCGCGCTCTTGCTAGTAAGTGCTTTAGAGATTTATTGTGTTC >HIV1-test.1 ATGGGATGTCTTGGGAATCAGCTGCTTATCGCGCTCTTGCTAGTAAGTGCTTTAGAGATTTATTGTGTTC >HIV1-test.2 ATGGGATGTCTTGGGAATCAGCTGCTTATCGCGCTCTTGCTAGTAAGTGCTTTAGAGATTTATTGTGTTC >HIV1-test.3 ATGGGATGTCTTGGGAATCAGCTGCTTATCGCGCTCTTGCTAGTAAGTGCTTTAGAGATTTATTGTGTTC >HIV1-test.4 ATGGGATGTCTTGGGAATCAGCTGCTTATCGCGCTCTTGCTAGTAAGTGCTTTAGAGATTTATTGTGTTC >HIV1-test.5 ATGGGATGTCTTGGGAATCAGCTGCTTATCGCGCTCTTGCTAGTAAGTGCTTTAGAGATTTATTGTGTTC END_TESTSEQS close $testfile; return($testfile . ''); }