Dear Monks,

I am using WWW::Mechanize to follow a redirect within a website (http://www.nature.com/nature/index.html). I would like Mechanize to follow the redirect that occurs on clicking the journal cover (with URL link: http://www.nature.com/nature/current_issue). The redirect shuttles the browser to a URL that includes specifics on the date of the issue, but does not include the base URL address (http://www.nature.com). I am using the following code:

my $agent = WWW::Mechanize->new( autocheck => 1); 
  
$agent->get($url);
    die $agent->response->status_line unless $agent->success;
    
$output = $agent->content;
print $output;

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The code follows the redirect, however, the redirect URL address is local not global; hence, I end up on a page that is only a partial UTL i.e. "The requested URL /nature/journal/v449/n7161/ was not found on this server."

How do I get Mechanize to fill in the global URL?

Most Humblely,

Chris

In reply to Redirect with Mechanize by cdherold

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