Mechanize users - Jun 2007 - (no subject)

Hello,

I am on a page that lists 78 items and can only show 25 per page, so there are
links for each page of results and a "Next >" link. I''d
like to get Mechanize to follow the Next link but the link looks like this:

<a class=''searchlinks''
href=''javascript:lnkclick(2);''>Next ></a>

If I try to "click" the link, Mechanize raises an "unsupported
scheme" exception. At this point I am using all sorts of fun regular
expressions to parse the Javascript and send the appropriate values to the page
with a WWW::Mechanize.post call. Is there an easier way? Thanks.




       
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On Jun 26, 2007, at 11:33 AM, Matt White wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am on a page that lists 78 items and can only show 25 per page,  
> so there are links for each page of results and a "Next >"
link.
> I''d like to get Mechanize to follow the Next link but the link  
> looks like this:
>
> <a class=''searchlinks''
href=''javascript:lnkclick(2);''>Next ></a>
>
> If I try to "click" the link, Mechanize raises an
"unsupported
> scheme" exception. At this point I am using all sorts of fun  
> regular expressions to parse the Javascript and send the  
> appropriate values to the page with a WWW::Mechanize.post call. Is  
> there an easier way? Thanks.
Not yet, I don''t think.  Javascript support would be awesome, but  
it''s a heafty beast to tackle.  The last time I needed to do  
javascript stuff, i basically ended up using a combination of regexps  
and lots of code tracing to make the same requests that the  
javascript would have made.  Charles is a handy tool for viewing the  
final request.
-Mat
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