WWW::Mechanize->submit_form to a different action/URL

monarch has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I am using WWW::Mechanize. I can successfully log in and navigate a series of webpages for my application.

One of the webpages has a button I need to press, and it is coded as:

  <button type="button" onClick="submitForm('page','otherurl.cgi')>
    Press Here
  </button>
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.. the problem is that the declaration of the form <form name="page" action="firsturl.cgi"> points to a different URL.

I've read the documentation; now I'm asking you.. is there a way of submitting a form to a URL other than the one encoded in the action field of the form?

Update: thanks to davidrw for a very helpful response. That does exactly what I want.

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Re: WWW::Mechanize->submit_form to a different action/URL by davidrw (Prior) on Nov 25, 2005 at 02:42 UTC
See WWW::Mechanize, how to set action: the `current_form` method gives you the HTML::Form object: `$mech->current_form->action('otherurl.cgi');` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: WWW::Mechanize->submit_form to a different action/URL by monarch (Priest) on Nov 25, 2005 at 03:45 UTC
Aah thankyou, I had never been aware of the HTML::Form attributes.	[reply]