Since you seem to be using autocheck, you should write your program like this
#!/usr/bin/perl -- use strict; use warnings; use WWW::Mechanize 1.60; #implies autocheck => 1 my $url = 'http://host:7777/fagcs_302_C600_sfosun05/domain/'; #my $url = 'http://host:7778/fagcs_320_C106_sfoaix04/domain/'; my $username = 'usrname'; my $password = 'pswd'; my $agent = WWW::Mechanize->new( autocheck => 1 ); if ( eval { $agent->get($url); 1 } ) { eval { $agent->submit_form( form_number => 0, fields => { 'j_username' => $username, 'j_password' => $password, }, ); 1; } or do { print "error :($@)\n"; print "Couldn't submit form:" . $agent->status() . ":" . ":" . $agent->content() . "\n"; }; }
The error "500 Server closed connection without sending any data back" indicates a problem with the server. You should try to see if it works from a browser like Firefox (Firebug), and if it does, you should install livehttpheaders, and compare what firefox sends to what your program(mechanize) sends.

In reply to Re: Mechanize:submit_form issue. by Anonymous Monk
in thread Mechanize:submit_form issue. by perlcoding

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