Re: WWW::Mechanize - Unable to fill password field

Your code works fine for me in conjunction with the following html and cgi script:

index.html:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head><title>Python CGI</title></head>
  <body>

    <form action="cgi-bin/mycgi.pl" method="post">
      <div>
      <label for="name">User Name:</label>
      <input id="name" name="ctl00$cntPlaceHolder$UsernameTextBox" typ
+e="text">
      </div>
      
      <div>
      <label for="password">Last Name:</label>
      <input id="password" name="ctl00$cntPlaceHolder$PasswordTextBox"
+ type="password">
      </div>

      <div>
      <input type="submit" value="submit">
    </div>

    </form>
  </body>
</html>
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mycgi.pl:

#!/usr/bin/env perl
use CGI; 
use CGI::Carp qw{ fatalsToBrowser };

my $cgi = CGI->new;

print $cgi->header,
      $cgi->start_html('Test Page'),
      $cgi->h4('Params:'),
      $cgi->div('Name: ' . $cgi->param('ctl00$cntPlaceHolder$UsernameT
+extBox')),
      $cgi->div('Password: ' . $cgi->param('ctl00$cntPlaceHolder$Passw
+ordTextBox')),
      $cgi->end_html;
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HTML Code after clicking view source

But what does your program output from the following line:

print $page;

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Re^2: WWW::Mechanize - Unable to fill password field by doubledecker (Scribe) on Jan 05, 2015 at 07:39 UTC
When I print the page, I get the HTML code with the username filled with 'admin'. But, I don't see any value populated for password field. This is not allowing to submit the page. In my original post, I have given the code with username field with value but not for password field. Is this something related to SSO login of the website which is restricting to input password field	[reply]
Re^3: WWW::Mechanize - Unable to fill password field by Anonymous Monk on Jan 05, 2015 at 08:17 UTC
why don't you submit what you need to without using set_fields...?	[reply]