OfficeLinebacker,
Have you seen WWW::Mechanize::Sleepy? Personally, I use something along the lines of: 

# Sleep a random interval between $duration and 2 * $duration - 1 unit
sub rest {
    my ($duration) = @_;
    sleep $duration;
    sleep rand($duration);
}

sub fetch_page {
    my ($mech, $action, $target, $max, $duration) = @_;
    for (1 .. $max) {
        rest($duration);
        eval {$mech->$action($target);};
        return if ! $@ && $mech->status == OK;
    }
    die "Failed to fetch '$url' after '$max' attempts\n";
}

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Of course, if you want to allow for HTTP redirects then you will need to change status == OK to include acceptable HTTP codes. Additionally, if you use Time::HiRes to overload sleep, you can easily sleep for partial minutes. In truth, I typically use milliseconds.

Cheers - L~R

In reply to Re^3: What Tools Do You Use With WWW::Mechanize by Limbic~Region
in thread What Tools Do You Use With WWW::Mechanize by Limbic~Region

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