Hi,

To get you started I have provided a little example:
#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use WWW::Mechanize;


my $targeturl="http://www.yourdomain.com/login.asp";

my $mech = WWW::Mechanize->new();
$mech->agent_alias( 'Windows IE 6' );
$mech->get($targeturl);
$mech->success or die $mech->response->status_line;

$mech->form_number(1); # if the login form was the first form on the p
+age
$mech->set_fields(
    username => "MyUserID", 
    password => "Fak3Pa55w0rd"
    );
$mech->submit(); 
print $mech->content(); # print content

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I setup an ASP page with a form on it to process the login. The above example logs in and prints out the content of the page following the login.

Hope this helps

Martin

In reply to Re^5: How do I access a password protected site and access data? by marto
in thread How do I access a password protected site and access data? by jaydon

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