can someone tell me how can i close a pop-up window using mechanize

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

Hi, I am trying to get content of site http://www.realtor.com/, but first time whenever we open this link it consist of a pop-up window, I tried mechanise::firefox to close it but it's not working. Can someone help me out in this?

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Re: can someone tell me how can i close a pop-up window using mechanize by marto (Cardinal) on Apr 11, 2012 at 08:51 UTC
Do you have permission to scrape content from their site? http://www.move.com/company/terms.aspx. Also, again you posted in the wrong section of the forum, Where should I post X? is displayed when you enter your text, as is How do I post a question effectively? which I suggest you read since "it's not working" isn't an error report.	[reply]
Re: can someone tell me how can i close a pop-up window using mechanize by Corion (Patriarch) on Apr 11, 2012 at 17:57 UTC
What is this module "mechanise::firefox" and what capabilities does it offer to close windows? Maybe you meant "WWW::Mechanize::Firefox, but I'm unaware of any documented function in it that closes windows. What part of the documentatfion leads you to believe that there is such a functionality and what code did you try to use it? Update: It has been pointed out that the "window" is a modal page element. Then using the `->click` method or whatever other user interaction that modal page elment affords could be used.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: can someone tell me how can i close a pop-up window using mechanize by blakew (Monk) on Apr 11, 2012 at 17:50 UTC
If you're automating Firefox then disable popups in Firefox.	[reply]