I've got a Mechanize script that logs on to a website, navigates through a couple of pages and prepares a report.

The resulting report is listed in a table with a download button in the last cell. Using WWW::Mechanize::Shell -> links shows the download button as a link, but executing an open on that link doesn't cause anything to happen.

The relevant code snippet is:

<a href="MySurvey_SummaryDownload.aspx?sm= yUsTZIyAVJQqSsTu3TSbdT0ZMzsfbk0cbSdAOVkNUDY%3d" class="itBtn">

Running HTTP::Recorder only shows:$agent->follow_link(n => '25');for this step.

Wireshark shows a:GET http://www.surveymonkey.com/MySurvey_SummaryDownload.aspx?sm=yUsTZIyAVJQqSsTu3TSbdT0ZMzsfbk0cbSdAOVkNUDY%3d

What's the syntax for getting Mechanize to parse the "sm" so I can construct this GET?

As always, thanks for you input!

In reply to WWW::Mechanize / javascript pointer by spstansbury

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