in reply to Re^3: How to use synchronize method with WWW::Mechanize::Firefox?
in thread How to use synchronize method with WWW::Mechanize::Firefox?

Do you really need to use ->synchronize? This method is mostly useful if you want to do things that do not end up loading a new page.

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Re^5: How to use synchronize method with WWW::Mechanize::Firefox?
by nysus (Parson) on Mar 27, 2016 at 15:52 UTC

    I'm not wedded to synchronize. I just want to find a more reliable way than sleep(2) and a less ridiculous way than sleep(30) to wait around for the page to load after a login attempt.

    Ultimately, I'm trying to figure out if the login was successful. WordPress just offers up a 200 success code whether login is successful or not so I need to look at the contents of the page to determine if the login worked.

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      Maybe looking at the actual HTTP traffic shows you whether the thing detemining the login happens later, maybe through Javascript.

      I did not find a convenient way to list all events as they happen during page load. Maybe you're looking at the wrong Javascript event. In my experiments, I found DOMContentLoaded to be quite reliable, but maybe in your case load is more reliable.

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        Yeah, I tried load already. Didn't make a difference.

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