Read webpage into a variable

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

Hi,
I'm trying to read a webpage into a variable. I normally use get(), but this webpage doesn't have a html extension. Example url: http://soccernet.espn.go.com/?cc=5739
Any ideas?
Thanks

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Re: Read webpage into a variable by Corion (Patriarch) on Nov 21, 2011 at 09:11 UTC
What does the "html extension" have to do with it? Have you tried using `get()`? Also see WWW::Mechanize and RFC 2616.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Read webpage into a variable by liverpaul (Acolyte) on Nov 21, 2011 at 09:23 UTC
Yeah, I've used `get()` but it didn't work, so I assumed (maybe incorrectly?) that it was because the webpage doesn't have an extension.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Read webpage into a variable by Corion (Patriarch) on Nov 21, 2011 at 09:26 UTC
So maybe consider investigating how it "didn't work".	[reply]
Re^4: Read webpage into a variable by liverpaul (Acolyte) on Nov 21, 2011 at 09:57 UTC