Facebook has no API for submitting an event to a Facebook page. So I'm attempting to use WWW::Mechanize::Firefox with this script:

my $mech = WWW::Mechanize::Firefox->new(activate => 1); 
$mech->autoclose_tab(0);
$mech->get('http://facebook.com');

if ($mech->title eq 'Facebook - Log In or Sign Up') {
  $mech->submit_form(
    with_fields => {
      email    => 'my@email.com',
      pass => 'my_password',
    }   
  );  
}
sleep(1);

$mech->get('https://www.facebook.com/PageName/events');
my $page_id = 777777777777777;

$mech->click({ synchronize => 0, xpath => '//a[text() = "Create Event"
+]' }, 10, 10);
sleep(3);

# selects all input fields and sets value to 'hello world'
# even though values are set, the fields remain blank despite trying t
+o simulate some js events
# per suggestion from Corion, the man himself, at http://www.perlmonks
+.org/?node_id=1095191
my @selectors = $mech->selector('input');
foreach my $selector (@selectors) {
  $selector->__event('focus');
  $selector->{value} = 'hello world';
  $selector->__event('change');
  $selector->__event('blur');
}

# attempts to publish event, results in form errors because fields are
+ blank
$mech->click({ synchronize => 0, xpath => '//button[text() = "Publish"
+]' });
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I have verified that the input fields are getting values set by printing the values out. I'm sure there's got to be a way to do this but I can't figure it out.