in reply to Help With Post-Redirect-Get Problem

You're being redirected 

HTTP/1.1 302 Found
...
Location: http://www.sanmateocountytaxcollector.org/SMCWPS/Home?goTo=s
+ecure
...

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but you used simple_request instead of ->request so you're not performing the redirection.

If you switch to ->request, you end up in an infinite redirection loop. 

HTTP/1.1 302 Found
...
Location: http://www.sanmateocountytaxcollector.org/SMCWPS/pages/secur
+eSearch.jsp
...
Client-Response-Num: 9
Client-Warning: Redirect loop detected (max_redirect = 7)
...

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It's probably cause it's trying to set cookies and they're not being handled. 

Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=0000WK9hTtPjeyIqUyVwqxfrxIQ:-1;Path=/

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If so, giving LWP::UserAgent a cookie jar will do the trick. Using WWW::Mechanize would also do the trick.

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Re^2: Help With Post-Redirect-Get Problem
by brian123 (Novice) on Dec 09, 2010 at 05:34 UTC
    hmmm, what does all this mean? Do I just change the 
    $r = $ua->simple_request(GET $u);
to
 $r = $ua->request(GET $u);

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    Please provide the code if you would since I am a little new with Perl.
    Thanks.
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      That's the first step. After that, you end up in an infinite redirection loop. 

      HTTP/1.1 302 Found
...
Location: http://www.sanmateocountytaxcollector.org/SMCWPS/pages/secur
+eSearch.jsp
...
Client-Response-Num: 9
Client-Warning: Redirect loop detected (max_redirect = 7)
...

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      It's probably cause it's trying to set cookies and they're not being handled. 

      Set-Cookie: JSESSIONID=0000WK9hTtPjeyIqUyVwqxfrxIQ:-1;Path=/

      [download]

      If so, giving LWP::UserAgent a cookie jar will do the trick. Using WWW::Mechanize would also do the trick.

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[d/l]
[select]
        ok, thank you.
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