I've been using a WWW::Mechanize script for a couple years to automate some maintenance activities for one of our products (Lyris ListManager, if anyone happens to be familiar). After upgrading the app to a newer version, my script stopped working, though it's not actually "failing" as far as the script is concerned - it's just not doing what it's intended to do. I've been doing tcpdumps and such, and the only notable difference I can find is that the file I'm uploading via the web form has a different content-type via Mechanize vs a browser. Is there a way I can specify a file type for a "file" form field? I don't know if it really matters, as the data being sent is identical in both traces, but it's all I can come up with so far. I'm far from a Mechanize expert, and I'm struggling to troubleshoot further.

The submit button is a linked image, and I'm using click() to call it, specifying the name and some coordinates I stole from a tcpdump from a web session. I didn't have to use coordinates previously, so I'm not entirely sure if I can just pick coords like that, or if they are dynamic and relative to the session somehow.

Below are snippets of the POST, indicating the only notable differences I could find.

Anyone have any ideas? I can post the entire POST if needed...

Working: 

-----------------------------2995119424827
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="file_name"; filename="test.csv"
Content-Type: application/vnd.ms-excel

<data here>

-----------------------------2995119424827
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="import.x"

22
-----------------------------2995119424827
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="import.y"

3
-----------------------------2995119424827--

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Not Working: 

--xYzZY
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="file_name"; filename="<path>/tes
+t.csv"
Content-Type: text/plain

<data here>

--xYzZY
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="import.x"

20
--xYzZY
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="import.y"

9
--xYzZY--

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In reply to WWW::Mechanize issue by shag

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