Hi monks
I am trying to retrieve a certain web page with search results with the LWP::UserAgent. I took the URL query from this web site after conducting a search for cats and changing the form from POST to GET, using Firefox. This is the code: 
#!/exlibris/metalib/m4_b/product/bin/perl
use strict;
use LWP::UserAgent;
{
    my $ua = new LWP::UserAgent();
    my $search_address = "http://www.stat-usa.gov/nct_all.nsf/2d58b7a
34bbaa3838525703f004f804e?";
    my $post = 'qAllWords=cats&qAnyWords=&qNoWords=&PostedSince=01%2F0
+1%2F2003&webcat_select=All&databases=ATL&databases=AGWORLD&databases=
+MRD_CCG&databases=DLA&databases=CBD&databases=MRD_ISA&databases=MRD_I
+MI&databases=MISCFILES&databases=MRD_ALL&databases=MRD_MDB&databases=
+NED&databases=PUB&databases=ONLINE&databases=TOP&databases=ETO_DE&dat
+abases=ETO_OF&configserver=CN%3Dstatweb01%2FOU%3Dwebserv%2FOU%3Dstate
+sa%2FO%3Dstatdoc&configpath=nct_config5.nsf&webcategories=All&header=
+&footer=&disp_header=&disp_footer=&saveoptions=0&query=AND+%28%5BdUpd
+ate%5D+%3E+01%2F01%2F2003%29';
    
    #creating the request object
    my $header = new HTTP::Headers();
    my $req = new HTTP::Request ('POST', $search_address, $header, $po
st);
    #sending the request
    my $res = $ua->request($req);
    if (!($res->is_success)){
        warn "Warning:".$res->message."\n";
    }
   
    print $res->as_string."\n";
}

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However, when I run this program, instead of getting the search results, I get the search page. Usually when this happens it is because of a cookie, but I couldn't find any cookies in this site. Does anybody know what the problem might be, and how I can solve it by retrieving the search results page?
Much obliged
Guy Naamati

"A truth that's told with bad intent beats all then lies you can invent"

In reply to Retrieving web pages with the LWP::UserAgent by mrguy123

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