Cant get Mechanize to work.

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

I have just started learning Mechanize, but am getting the following errors while calling its methods:

require WWW::Mechanize;
my $mech = new WWW::Mechanize;
$page = $mech->get("http://www.google.com");
$page->find_link(text => 'download');
[download]

I get the following error:

Can't locate object method "find_link" via package "HTTP::Headers" at 
+C:/Perl/lib/HTTP/message.pm line 649.
[download]

Im not sure what to do,..

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Re: Cant get Mechanize to work. by Corion (Patriarch) on Jul 10, 2011 at 09:00 UTC
See WWW::Mechanize. `->find_link` is a method of WWW::Mechanize, not of HTTP::Headers. `->get` returns a HTTP::Response object, but that's of little interest to you.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Cant get Mechanize to work. by ufizo (Initiate) on Jul 10, 2011 at 09:16 UTC
yes i understand that, but the code that i am running is giving me a error pointing to HTTP::Header !	[reply]
Re^3: Cant get Mechanize to work. by Corion (Patriarch) on Jul 10, 2011 at 09:28 UTC
That happens because you are using the object in ways not documented by the WWW::Mechanize documentation. Please re-read the documentation on `->get` and what the method returns. You have the following code: `$page = $mech->get("http://www.google.com");` [download] This usage is nowhere documented. Also see the documentation on `->find_link`. It shows the following example: `$mech->find_link( n => $number );` [download] Note how the method is called on a variable named `$mech`.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Cant get Mechanize to work. by ufizo (Initiate) on Jul 10, 2011 at 12:18 UTC