The trick you mention using the url "http://www.google.com/search?q=perl" (and various extensions) works just fine from Firefox or IE browsers.

HOWEVER, this fails when I call the same url using perl as in: 

my $ua = new LWP::UserAgent;
my $req = HTTP::Request->new(GET => $url);
my $res = $ua->request($req);

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Instead google returns a long error message of which I have exercepted the following key snippet:

Your client does not have permission to get URL xxxx from this server. (Client IP address: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx). Please see Google's Terms of Service posted at http://www.google.com/terms_of_service.html

I suppose that Google recognizes that I am not using a standard browser and assumes (perhaps correctly) that I must be violating their TOS. Is there any way to get around this? i.e. can I make my perl code look like a valid browser? I would prefer a simple method that doesn't require in-depth knowledge of (or access to) Google APIs or other specialized perl modules.

In reply to Re^2: automated search using perl by Anonymous Monk
in thread automated search using perl by abhipesit

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