I am trying to access a website that uses Single Sign On and cannot seem to get past the login form 


use WWW::Mechanize;

$mech = WWW::Mechanize->new();
$mech->cookie_jar(HTTP::Cookies->new());
$mech->get('http://mysite.com');
my @webforms = $mech->forms();
foreach my $form (@webforms)
{
   my @inputfields = $form->param;
   foreach my $inputfield (@inputfields)
   {
      if ($inputfield =~ /userID/)
      {
         $mech->set_fields($inputfield => "login");
         print "Setting userid\n";
      }
      if ($inputfield =~ /pass/)
      {
         $mech->set_fields($inputfield => "password");
         print "Setting password\n";
      }
      print $inputfield . "\n";
   }
}
$mech->click();
$statVal = $mech->status();
print $statVal . "\n";

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Debug Info:
__VIEWSTATE - is a hidden field so assumed it is handled
__VIEWSTATEGENERATOR - is a hidden field so assumed it is handled
__EVENTVALIDATION - is a hidden field so assumed it is handled
ctl00$ContentPlaceHolder1$userID - login id set to this
ctl00$ContentPlaceHolder1$pass - password set to this
Received a 200 back but still stay on the login page

I know SSO uses headers as well as _VIEWSTATE but assuming that setting up the cookie jar would capture
Any pointers to further debugging or what I am missing?

In reply to Perl Mechanize and Single Sign On by rweiche

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