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in thread Correct link to put in my WWW:Mechanize

Sorry Rolf, I am a bit confused. In my script, I write: 
my $url = 'http://www.csbio.sjtu.edu.cn/bioinf/MemBrain/';

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and, in the source of the page I see: 
<form name="myform" action="/cgi-bin/MEMBRAIN.cgi" method="post" onSub
+mit="javascript: return checkform();">

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Do these two need to be combined perhaps somehow?

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Re^5: Correct link to put in my WWW:Mechanize
by LanX (Saint) on Mar 12, 2022 at 19:03 UTC
    > Sorry Rolf, I am a bit confused. In my script, I write:
    'my $url = 'http://www.csbio.sjtu.edu.cn/bioinf/MemBrain/';'

    That's not the code you showed us.

    > and, in the source of the page I see:
    <form name="myform" action="/cgi-bin/MEMBRAIN.cgi" method="post" onSubmit="javascript: return checkform();">

    you are confusing two things:

    1. the static page you open in your browser to see the form
    2. the CGI you can submit your form parameters to.
    Which one do you want to mechanize? I can't tell.

    Cheers Rolf
    (addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
    Wikisyntax for the Monastery

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      I guess this is where I am confused, as to what do I need to specify in the URL so I can force the page to run using my data. I thought it was enough to put:
      my $url = 'http://www.csbio.sjtu.edu.cn/bioinf/MemBrain/';
my $mech = WWW::Mechanize->new (timeout=>1000);
$mech->post($url);
#$mech->get($url);

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      but it fails to run with the error: Error POSTing http://www.csbio.sjtu.edu.cn/cgi-bin/MEMBRAIN.cgi: Internal Server Error or Error GETing http://www.csbio.sjtu.edu.cn/cgi-bin/MEMBRAIN.cgi: Internal Server Error
      I even tried: my $url=http://www.csbio.sjtu.edu.cn/cgi-bin/MEMBRAIN.cgi, still error...
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Re^5: Correct link to put in my WWW:Mechanize
by Anonymous Monk on Mar 12, 2022 at 19:00 UTC
    Also, this one does not point somewhere: http://www.csbio.sjtu.edu.cn/bioinf/MemBrain/cgi-bin/MEMBRAIN.cgi --> The requested URL /bioinf/MemBrain/cgi-bin/MEMBRAIN.cgi was not found on this server.
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      It's

      http://www.csbio.sjtu.edu.cn/cgi-bin/MEMBRAIN.cgi

      for the form's CGI!

      ... but without submitted form parameters it'll only return an error.

      Cheers Rolf
      (addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
      Wikisyntax for the Monastery

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        Yes, of course, I added some:
        my $url = 'http://www.csbio.sjtu.edu.cn/cgi-bin/MEMBRAIN.cgi';
my $mech = WWW::Mechanize->new (timeout=>1000);
$mech->get($url);

        $mech->submit_form
        (
            form_number => 1,
            fields      => 
            {
                #textarea name | value
                S1 => ">$id\n$seq",

                #Radio button name | prediction type
                R4    =>  TOPpre,

                #Radio button SIGNAL | I do not know if I have a signa
+l peptide
                R2    =>  SignalYES,

                #Radio button ORGANISM | Human, Plant, Animal, OEuk, G
+pos, Gneg, 
                R3    =>  Human,

                #Fill in email
                email => 'testmail@gmail.com'
            }
        );

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