My question is, does LWP::Simple, contain all the tools I need to automate visiting a site, sending a query for the data on the submitted date, searching for specific strings, and then downloading the necessary data and writing it to a file?
Well, if you mean LWP::Simple + Perl, then the answer is yes.

Does that mean life suddenly becomes easy if you use LWP::Simple, and that no other package doesn't suit solving your problem far better? That's a question that cannot be answered. You give so little information that if you had phrased your question slightly differently (for instance would LWP::Simple be a logical choice, the question wouldn't have been answerable). Now the answer is "yes, but you still may have lots to do yourself".

In reply to Re: LWP::Simple... Enough for Site Query & Data Download? by JavaFan
in thread LWP::Simple... Enough for Site Query & Data Download? by cheech

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