Very helpful, but now I have that crazy HTTP 302 error. I had to add use HTTP::Cookies; into the script again because it didn't like not having it.

Any ideas why I get the error and/or how do I get around it? Also, Ilya you had simple_request on the second post. Did you mean to have just 'request' there? And do I not need "my $request = " on the first "$ua->request(POST..." line? Or the "$ua->cookie_jar" line?

What I am trying to accomplish is to update my user information on a website that requires a login. So first I need to login and then use the cookie info for posting my user information on a different form. THANKS!

#!/usr/lib/perl -w

use strict;
use LWP::UserAgent;
use HTTP::Request::Common;

# didn't work without this use statement
use HTTP::Cookies;

my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new;

$ua->cookie_jar(HTTP::Cookies->new(file => 'cookie_jar', autosave =>1)
+);

$ua->request(POST "http://www.sitedomain.com/login.cfm",
                            {
                                username =>'abcuser',
                             userpass =>'abc123',
                             submit             =>'Submit'
                            });

my $request = $ua->request(POST "http://www.sitedomain.com/editinfopag
+e.cfm",
                            {
                               firstname        =>"MyName",
                            lastname        =>"MyLastName",
                            company            =>"companyname",
                            address            =>"111 East 222 South",
                            city            =>"Provo",
                             state            =>"UT",
                            zip                =>"99999"
                            });
                            
print $request->is_success ? "worked\n" : "failed\n";

# this shows me that I have the following error:
# HTTP/1.1 302 (Found) Object Moved...
print $request->as_string;

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In reply to HTTP 302 error now?? by inblosam
in thread LWP, extract_cookies, etc. by inblosam

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