Dear all

I've been tackling this little problem for a while now, and I even tried using WWW::Mechanize::Shell but it produces the same 'session expired' error

#!/usr/bin/perl -w 
require strict;

use lib '/home/visitors/seaver/modules/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1';

use WWW::Mechanize;

my $mech = WWW::Mechanize->new();
$mech->get("http://isiknowledge.com/?DestApp=WOS&Func=Frame");
$mech->follow_link(tag => 'frame', n => 2);
$mech->click('General Search', [2,2]);
$mech->field("topic","emergence AND complexity");
$mech->click();
$sid = $mech->value('SID');
{
    local $^W = 0;
    $mech->field('SID',$sid);
}
$mech->click_button(name=>'Submit');
print $mech->content;

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Basically, everyhing goes well until the last 'click_button', whereupon the result I get is a 'you need to start a new session' page. The session id is kept constant in a hidden field in the form, and I've even tried 'forcing' this as you can see within a scope with warnings turned off

Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I may be doing wrong?

Thanks
Sam

In reply to WWW Mechanize not keeping session? by seaver

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