On Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:47:12 -0700, Merdinus wrote: > The webpage is at: http://patft.uspto.gov/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.htm > The submit form is submitting all the hidden variables in the webpage > as well as a 7 digit number for a patent (ex. 7123456). To gather > info, after the call to "submit_form" I've edited the code to I've > printed $mech->uri() to a file. I then copied and pasted that string > into a browser and the browser (IE7) happily gets redirected on, so it > seems that submit_form is bringing me from the "start" webpage to the > "middle" webpage, but then it's not carrying me on to the final > webpage.
Take a look at what's being returned and it's obvious; it's not a redirect but a page whose content contains an HTTP-EQUIV refresh tag. Mech doesn't follow those because the delay might be non-zero, resulting in the interstitial page being visible to the user. See http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=447314 . -- Peter Scott http://www.perlmedic.com/ http://www.perldebugged.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
