Going through a site and retrieving specific elements?

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

I'd like to go through a page and retrieve some images. What I need to know how to follow a link to the next page in the sequence and stay away from any of the other options. I think that once I have the next page I can just use a function with Image::Grab to grab the image! So, can anyone help me out?

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Re: Going through a site and retrieving specific elements? by marto (Cardinal) on Mar 14, 2010 at 11:00 UTC
You may want to look at using WWW::Mechanize, also see the get-dispair example. If the pages require JavaScript then use WWW::Mechanize::Firefox or a similar module.	[reply]
Re: Going through a site and retrieving specific elements? by Corion (Patriarch) on Mar 14, 2010 at 10:59 UTC
Have you looked at WWW::Mechanize?	[reply]
Re^2: Going through a site and retrieving specific elements? by nergel (Initiate) on Mar 14, 2010 at 11:01 UTC
I've heard of it, however the links that I need to follow are particular images, will it work then? However the page also uses javascript.	[reply]
Re^3: Going through a site and retrieving specific elements? by Corion (Patriarch) on Mar 14, 2010 at 13:25 UTC
Then see marto's reply. Once you actually read the documentation for WWW::Mechanize and WWW::Mechanize::Firefox, you will see the methods to save content.	[reply]