I'm trying to pull URLs off of a website, but accessing this website with WWW::Mechanize is extremely slow - on the order of 3-5 mins(!). However, with my browser, the page is accessed virtually instantaneously.

Once I get the page contents, the rest of my script (not reproduced) quickly executes, so I know the problem is somewhere in the get.

I've produced a sample code below that simply prints the response object (after the substantial delay): 

use strict;
use warnings;
use WWW::Mechanize;

my $request = WWW::Mechanize->new;
$request->agent_alias('Windows Mozilla');
my $response = $request->get( 'https://ai.fmcsa.dot.gov/SMS/Tools/Down
+loads.aspx' );

print "Got Website:\n\n$response\n";

[download]
As you can see from the code, I've tried different agent aliases, but from experimenting, that doesn't change anything.

Originally, I was thinking it was a problem with ASPX pages, but I can't find any pattern to the behavior. For example, https://www.google.com is quickly "got". However, https://demos.devexpress.com/ASPxNavigationAndLayoutDemos/TabControl/Templates.aspx, a random aspx site I found on Google is also accessed slowly. But then https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/2wawkw1c.aspx is accessed about as fast as google.com.

Is there any kind of verbose/debug output I can set on WWW::Mechanize to get a sense of what's causing it to be so slow? I'm guessing it's hanging on something, and only completing after timing out, but I have no idea what that could be, or how to fix it--if it's fixable--from my end.

In reply to Webpage "get" slow with WWW::Mechanize by nick2253

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