http-equiv=refresh with Mechanize

Peter Stevens <[email protected]> Wed, 31 May 2006 14:19:36 +0200

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.lang.perl.modules.lwp
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

Hi folks,

I am logging in to a particular site using the following code:

    $mech->field($usernameField,$user);
    $mech->field($passwordField,$pswd);
    $mech->click();

    if (!$mech->success) {
        warn($CLASS, "Could not login, message = " . $mech->response->status_line) ;
        return 0;
    }
    print "login OK" ;
    return 1;
      

Most of the time, this works just fine, but every once in while I get 
the following content back:

    <HEAD>
    <meta http-equiv=refresh content=0;url="/where/I/really/want/to/be">
    <TITLE> Login Screen </TITLE>
    </HEAD>
    <BODY link="#ff6600" vlink="#ff9900">

I can of course catch this and submit the new URL, but doesn't mech 
usually deal with this kind of stuff? Or does it only http redirects?

Thanks in advance,

Peter