in reply to form fill simulation with perl

LWP::Simple doesn't support the POST method. You'll need to use LWP::UserAgent and HTTP::Request as described in lwpcook.

Another alternative might be to look at WWW::Mechanize.

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•Re^2: form fill simulation with perl
by merlyn (Sage) on Aug 10, 2004 at 13:42 UTC
    LWP::Simple doesn't support the POST method.
    Well, it sorta does, with a couple of extra steps: 
    use LWP::Simple qw($ua);
my $content = $ua->post("http://www.example.com",
  [first_name => 'Randal', last_name => 'Schwartz'])->content;

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    Of course, all you're getting here is a LWP::UserAgent created for you, and the right modules brought in with one use line.

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