SPUG: Beyond WWW::Mechanize (i.e. AJAX)

[Craig Steffler]

Actually, if I'm not mistaken I think Mechanize does handle Javascript. Try
WWW::Mechanize::Shell as it lets you interact directly.
If that doesn't work I'd look into Expect as a fall back.

On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 11:38 AM, <michaelrwolf at att.net> wrote:

> I've been a very satisfied user of Mech for years (Thanks Andy - it's a
> great example of good interface design, and thus a highly usable module)...
> but alas, as my web scraping code evolved to 'button-pushing-mode' it turns
> out that the submit button does *not* submit a HTTP request, but rather
> invokes an AJAX-ish operation
>
>     <form onsubmit='A.B.C.yada_yada(this); return false;" ...>
>         <input .../>
>         <input .../>
>         <input type="submit" value="1-click yada yada"/>
>     </form>
>
> I *can* fill in the form and click() the button, but since Mech doesn't do
> JavaScript, I'm up the proverbial creek.
>
> What's a Mech fan to do?
>  * For real in production?
>  * For mock in testing?
>
> Michael R. Wolf
> ____MichaelRWolf at att.net
> ________All mammals learn by playing.
>
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