FAQ 9.9 How do I automate an HTML form submission?
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From: PerlFAQ Server on 12 Aug 2010 12:00 This is an excerpt from the latest version perlfaq9.pod, which comes with the standard Perl distribution. These postings aim to reduce the number of repeated questions as well as allow the community to review and update the answers. The latest version of the complete perlfaq is at http://faq.perl.org . -------------------------------------------------------------------- 9.9: How do I automate an HTML form submission? If you are doing something complex, such as moving through many pages and forms or a web site, you can use "WWW::Mechanize". See its documentation for all the details. If you're submitting values using the GET method, create a URL and encode the form using the "query_form" method: use LWP::Simple; use URI::URL; my $url = url('http://www.perl.com/cgi-bin/cpan_mod'); $url->query_form(module => 'DB_File', readme => 1); $content = get($url); If you're using the POST method, create your own user agent and encode the content appropriately. use HTTP::Request::Common qw(POST); use LWP::UserAgent; $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new(); my $req = POST 'http://www.perl.com/cgi-bin/cpan_mod', [ module => 'DB_File', readme => 1 ]; $content = $ua->request($req)->as_string; -------------------------------------------------------------------- The perlfaq-workers, a group of volunteers, maintain the perlfaq. They are not necessarily experts in every domain where Perl might show up, so please include as much information as possible and relevant in any corrections. The perlfaq-workers also don't have access to every operating system or platform, so please include relevant details for corrections to examples that do not work on particular platforms. Working code is greatly appreciated. If you'd like to help maintain the perlfaq, see the details in perlfaq.pod. |