Perl Mechanize Help

helpme123 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi, I need to be able to get a page from a url variable using mechanize, but then store the contents of $mech->content into a variable. Then the script needs to print a specific line and specfic characters of that line into a variable. I am trying to store a fieldname as a variable, but the fieldname keeps on changing so i cant just use a static one. So the script needs to find the field name and record it. Any help if appreciated, Many thanks in advance, helpme123 Robbie

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Re: Perl Mechanize Help by stevieb (Canon) on Sep 23, 2015 at 16:33 UTC
Welcome to the Monastery, helpme123! Please show us the relevant code that you've got, a sample of your input data (that includes the field(s) you want), and a sample of what you expect the output to be. All three of those should be wrapped in `<code></code>` tags. -stevieb	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Perl Mechanize Help by Anonymous Monk on Sep 23, 2015 at 22:15 UTC
Then the script needs to print a specific line and specfic characters of that line into a variable. What do you mean that? So the script needs to find the field name and record it. So use the method that returns a list of field names? https://metacpan.org/pod/WWW::Mechanize#mech-current_form, https://metacpan.org/pod/WWW::Mechanize#forms, https://metacpan.org/pod/HTML::Form#names-form-param	[reply]