Using WWW::Mechanize to save contents of downloaded file

perl_help26 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I am trying to call a URL that causes the download of a csv file (when accessed from the browser). This is my code:

use WWW::Mechanize;
my $mech = WWW::Mechanize->new();
$mech->get ("http://localhost/market.php?Username=admin&Password=admin
+&action=Smartphone");
$mech->save_content( 'file.csv );
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Only when I do this, the raw HTML is saved into my file instead of the content of the file that needs to be downloaded... What am I doing wrong??? Thanks

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Re: Using WWW::Mechanize to save contents of downloaded file by Anonymous Monk on Dec 30, 2014 at 11:34 UTC
You're speaking in pictures not in technical terms (HTTP) save_content saves the content of the page that you ->get, as the documentation documents If you want download content of some other url and save as file.csv, you gotta write different code https://metacpan.org/pod/WWW::Mechanize::FAQ#How-do-I-save-an-image-How-do-I-save-a-large-tarball	[reply]
Re^2: Using WWW::Mechanize to save contents of downloaded file by perl_help26 (Beadle) on Dec 31, 2014 at 07:08 UTC
Thank you so much ...I ended up with this code : `$mech->get ($Url,':content_file' => 'filename.csv'); $mech->get( 'filename.csv' );` [download]	[reply] [d/l]