Re: Using Mechanize to click a button

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Re^2: Using Mechanize to click a button by dindia (Initiate) on Mar 17, 2011 at 12:21 UTC
Sorry, here it is `my $mech = WWW::Mechanize->new(); print "Accessing $url\n"; $mech->get($url); print "Downloading the file..."; $mech->click_button (value => "TAB"); $mech->save_content( $full_path ); print "Done.\n";` [download] Thanks! output: `Accessing http://spiedigitallibrary.org/ebooks/spies/kbart?isAuthorize +d=no Downloading the file...Can't call method "header" on an undefined valu +e at /exlibris/sfx_ver/app/perl-5.10.1/lib/site_perl/5.10.1/WWW/Mecha +nize.pm line 2381.` [download] If I hash out the code related to the button the main mage is saved without problem.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Using Mechanize to click a button by moritz (Cardinal) on Mar 17, 2011 at 12:41 UTC
The WWW::Mechanize documentation says that click_button works on the "current Form", which might be the source of your problem. There's a search form before the form you are interested in. So you might need to invest some effort into selecting the right form. Perl 6 - second systems done right	[reply]
Re^4: Using Mechanize to click a button by dindia (Initiate) on Mar 20, 2011 at 14:20 UTC
Thank you moritz! I totally missed this.	[reply]