My code follows. Basically, I'm having a problem getting LWP to redirect after submitting a POST. A simple example is shown below. When the Catherine Wheel search is used, Amazon determines that there's only one search result, and so it does a 302 Location: redirect to that page. Unfortunately, LWP isn't following this GET after the initial POST. This is NOT trying to get LWP to follow a POST redirect. I'm drawing a blank on this now and google is a blur. Any ideas? Thanks in advance, Y 
#!/usr/bin/perl

    use LWP::UserAgent;
    
    # $artist = "Pearl Jam";        #  These two entries work because 
+the repsonse from 
    # $album = "Ten";               #  the post is a standard HTML pag
+e
    
    $artist = "Catherine Wheel";    #  These two entries do not work b
+ecause the response
    $album = "Chrome";              #  from the post is a 302 redirect
+ and its not being
                                    #  followed.  It's not a POST redi
+rect, its a post which
                                    #  triggers a GET redirect.
    
    $ua = new LWP::UserAgent;
    $ua -> agent("YoYoMa/".$ua -> agent);
    push @{ $ua->requests_redirectable }, 'POST';      #  This line do
+esn't seem to make a difference.  It fails with/without it.

    $url = "http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/ref=s
+_sf_pm/002-2036334-1552026";

    $req = new HTTP::Request('POST',$url);
    $req->content_type('application/x-www-form-urlencoded');
    $req->content("page=1&index=music&field-artist=".$artist."&field-t
+itle=".$album."\n");        
    $res = $ua->request($req);
    if ($res->is_success) {
        print $res->content;
    } else {
        print "Redirect not followed.";
    }

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