... Constructor and startup new() Creates and returns a new WWW::Mechanize object, hereafter referred to as the 'agent'. my $mech = WWW::Mechanize->new() The constructor for WWW::Mechanize overrides two of the parms to the LWP::UserAgent constructor: agent => "WWW-Mechanize/#.##" cookie_jar => {} # an empty, memory-only HTTP::Cookies object ... #### use WWW::Mechanize; my $mechanize_with_a_memory_only_cookie_jar = WWW::Mechanize->new ( cookie_jar => {} );