www::mech success

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

Is this not the right way to test to see whether or not a page loaded via WWW::Mechanize? Every time I load this script it fails but I know the site I'm working with is loading because I load it in my browser.

use WWW::Mechanize;
my $mech = WWW::Mechanize->new();
$mech->content($search_page);

if (!$mech->success())
{
   print "ISite didn't respond";
   exit;
}
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Re: www::mech success by kyle (Abbot) on May 16, 2007 at 02:37 UTC
With WWW::Mechanize, you need to first get the page before you can check for success or access its contents. `use WWW::Mechanize; my $mech = WWW::Mechanize->new(); $mech->get($search_page); if (!$mech->success()) { die "ISite didn't respond"; } my $stuff = $mech->content();` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re: www::mech success by marto (Cardinal) on May 16, 2007 at 08:06 UTC
"Is this not the right way to test to see whether or not a page loaded via WWW::Mechanize?" This is a good reason to go back and read the documentation, FAQ and perhaps read a couple of the examples. Martin	[reply]