Re: WWW Mechanize FAQ!!!, The State of Web spidering in Perl, Re: Seek Perl equivalent to DOM Inspector (js pipe dream), WWW::Mechanize::FAQ

I think LWP is probably more suited for the type of work, you're looking for. :)

Best wishes.

--Chris

#!/usr/bin/perl -Tw
use Perl::Always or die;
my $perl_version = (5.12.5);
print $perl_version;

I think LWP is probably more suited for the type of work, you're looking for. :)

WWW::Mechanize is built out of LWP, to save you work learning how to build WWW::Mechanize out of LWP, because 99/100 noobs who think (i need scrape this) don't know anything about HTTP, and can't wrap their minds around LWP (I need save request/response object? Whaaat?)

Greetings.

In my humble defense;
I wrote an entire web page that would elicit HEAD, and every other request available in the HTTP 1.0 / 1.1 spec, including downloading the entire page. This includes sanitizing INPUT, creating the form fields, and adding graphics, and CSS. I completed the entire page in under 5 minutes, and I chose LWP, and only LWP. Why? Because inspite your assertion; WWW::Mechanize adds complexity, and overhead in this scenario. His request is a bone-headed/dead-simple request, that was exactly what LWP was made for.

In fact, to complete OP's request, would have only required one additional Module; HTML::Restrict, and there are others. The Module I listed will STRIP the HTML tags of choice. Leaving the OP with an easily controlled/formatted document to display, at the OP's wishes.

I hope this provides some insight for the OP.

--Chris

#!/usr/bin/perl -Tw
use Perl::Always or die;
my $perl_version = (5.12.5);
print $perl_version;

perl -e "use LWP::Simple; my $word = $ARGV[0];map { print qq($_ ) if /
+<h2.*$word<\/h2>/../Link/  } split /\n/, get('http://dictionary.refer
+ence.com/browse/'.$word);"
[download]

Have you visted the OPs url? Its full of javascript; WWW::Mechanize is built out of LWP , neither can help with javascript