Re^2: LWP hit button to continue

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Re^3: LWP hit button to continue by haj (Vicar) on Mar 23, 2021 at 16:07 UTC
It's actually not that hard. I missed in your example HTML that the button is just "decoration" for the `a` element (which is missing a closing quote after `https://something`), so you don't need to "click" a button, you need to follow a link. Note that `$url` should be provided by someone. `use WWW::Mechanize; $ua = WWW::Mechanize->new; my $response = $ua->get($url); my $next_response = $ua->follow_link(text_regex => qr/continue.../);` [download] I missed in your example that the button is just "decoration" for the `a` element (which is missing a closing quote after `https://something`), so you don't need to "click" a button, you need to follow a link.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: LWP hit button to continue by hippo (Archbishop) on Mar 23, 2021 at 15:43 UTC
Well, there's always Re: How do I parse links out of a web page to which you have already been pointed. ;-) 🦛	[reply]
Re^4: LWP hit button to continue by Anonymous Monk on Mar 23, 2021 at 15:47 UTC
Like I said: I know the next link, but I can only get there after hitting the button. Otherwise I am redirected back to the page I am already on.	[reply]
Re^5: LWP hit button to continue by hippo (Archbishop) on Mar 23, 2021 at 15:59 UTC
Otherwise I am redirected back to the page I am already on. New information. You will need to determine how the button affects things. If it changes the link through Javascript you will need to allow for that in your code. Conversely, if it manages state you will need to allow for that eg. by configuring a cookie jar. It might well do both. Since you've yet to give the URL of the page in question there's not much more to say at this point. Good luck with your endeavours. 🦛	[reply]
Re^5: LWP hit button to continue by marto (Cardinal) on Mar 23, 2021 at 15:49 UTC
People are telling you which tool to use to 'click' the button. Did you try any of these suggestions?	[reply]