I have a list of URLs of pdf files that i want to download, from different sites.

In my firefox i have chosen the option to save PDF files directly to a particular folder.

My plan was to use WWW::Mechanize::Firefox in perl to download each file (in the list - one by one) using firefox and renaming the file after download.

I used the following code to do it :

use WWW::Mechanize::Firefox;
use File::Copy;

# @list contains the list of links to pdf files
foreach $x (@list) {
    my $mech = WWW::Mechanize::Firefox->new(autoclose => 1);
    
    #This downloads the file using firefox in desired folder
    $mech->get($x);  
    
    opendir(DIR, "output/download");
    @FILES= readdir(DIR);
    my $old = "output/download/$FILES[2]";
    move ($old, $new);  # $new is the URL of the new filename
}

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When i run the file, it opens the first link in firefox and firefox downloads the file to the desired directory. But, after that the 'new tab' is not closed and the file does not get renamed and the code keeps running (like its encountered an endless loop) and no futher file gets downloaded.

What is going on here? Why isnt the code working? How do i close the tab and make the code read all the files in the list? Is there any alternate way to download?

In reply to Downloads in firefox using perl WWW::Mechanize::Firefox by pawaniitd

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