Hello dear monks,

I need some help in order to download a file. I am not sure if it is possible at all.

Manually in order to see the page I mean.

site: http://cs3-hq.oecd.org/scripts/hpv/
search
by CAS Number : 50000
click link

Now it should open a page containing a link with a pdf called 50000.pdf. This is what I want to download. I never see the pdf as content of the $mech. And the link is named "#". Why? Could you please point me to my mistake.

Thank you very much.

    my $oecd = URI->new('http://cs3-hq.oecd.org/scripts/hpv/DetailProd
+uit_Contenu.asp?CASNUM='."$_");
    $mech->get($oecd);
    #$mech->follow_link(url_regex => qr/\.pdf/);
    #my $url = $mech->find_link(text_regex => qr/\.pdf/);
    my @links = $mech->find_all_links();
    for(@links)
    {
        print $_->url(), "\n";
        print $_->text(), "\n";    
    }

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In reply to Mechnize, Links and Downloads by Anonymous Monk

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