"Dan Armstrong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I've been reading this list every day for a week or so, and it's a > great resource. > > I'm trying to use a GET or POST command to click on a link at this address: > > http://ibihost1.com/nycdoh/web/html/rii.pl > > As you can see, the address points to a Perl script. When you click on > a button on this page, you're taken to another page, but the address - > rii.pl - stays the same. View source provides no help. > > I'm wondering how I can use a Perl script to get past this page and > subsequent ones. >
When I click on that page I get redirected to http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/rii/index.html [EMAIL PROTECTED] trwww]$ perl -MWWW::Mechanize::Shell -e 'shell' >get http://ibihost1.com/nycdoh/web/html/rii.pl Retrieving http://ibihost1.com/nycdoh/web/html/rii.pl(200) http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/rii/index.html>forms No forms on current page. http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/rii/index.html> But you will probably have better luck using WWW::Mechanize. Todd W. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
