Hi Monks,

www::mechanize GET not working for this URL 'https://ardsbc.erecruit.co.uk/'. Please can you tell me what could be the problem?

use strict;
use WWW::Mechanize;

my $url = "https://ardsbc.erecruit.co.uk/";
my $mech = WWW::Mechanize->new();

$mech->agent_alias('Mac Safari'); 
$mech->get($url);
exit;

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I tried changing request headers to what I get in n/w monitor(Firefox browser), but no use, still produces the same error(Error in Connecting to URL).

This is the response headers I am getting when I print the response string, 

Content-Type: text/plain
Client-Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 04:34:35 GMT
Client-Warning: Internal response

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I later checked the robots.txt of that site & I am fully aware of what it is written there, but just wanted to know why it is not GETting even if I am mimicking it using the same Firefox request headers!Why is Mechanize incapable of GETting that URL? Any clues?

Thanks a lot

In reply to www::mechanize $mech->get(); not working for a particular URL! by Anonymous Monk

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