Re^2: WWW::Mechanize and submit button question

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Re^3: WWW::Mechanize and submit button question by saberworks (Curate) on Aug 09, 2005 at 20:54 UTC
Well, they shouldn't. I figured maybe they were doing something weird with buttons & clicks, but apparently not :( I spent some time on this problem, and I have experienced the same thing you have. It doesn't matter how I use Mech to submit the "Pick Primers" - it always spits out that error. I managed to find an older version of thier code (I can't find the currently running CGI, they have only released old ones). Here is the line: `if ($query->param('Pick Primers')) { process_input($query); } else { confess "Did not see the 'Pick Primers' query parameter" }` [download] So it's nothing fishy, I think the encoding is wrong or something. Their form encoding says: enctype="x-www-form-urlencoded" I wonder if that has anything to do with it? I passed that as an HTTP header and it made no difference. I think the only solution here is to use a proxy to sniff what your browser is sending and then use the same proxy to sniff what Mech is sending and try to reconcile the two. Sorry I couldn't have been of more help.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: WWW::Mechanize and submit button question by srdst13 (Pilgrim) on Aug 10, 2005 at 21:56 UTC
Thanks for the help and the time you spent on this. I suspected an encoding issue, also. I have the binary running locally--this was a project for a friend who is stuck using the web interface. He will need to bite the bullet and download the binary. Sean	[reply]