Mechanize users - Jul 2011 - Doing a post using Mechanize 2.0 - a solution

I''m working with a web page where it is required that you log in, then
use a POST to submit the information via a form.

Since this isn''t part of my everyday life, it was a struggle to figure
out the pieces that were needed to make this happen.

We needed to:
  - login
  - get the cookie info
  - make a new request that included the returned cookie info
  - post the request with necessary form data

The example also shows how to add custom headers to the posted request.

Firefox''s TamperData Add-on was needed to see what the server was  
expecting in order to put this together.

Here is my solution:

https://gist.github.com/1061645

Suggestions for slimming this down or other changes are welcome.

Mike B.

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