Mechanize users - Apr 2010 - Adding a missing link to a Mechanize::Page

Some time ago, Jeremy Woertinnk posted a helpful solution to add missing 
fields to a Mechanize::Form, viz,

    @new_field = WWW::Mechanize::Form::Field.new("url", "
    http://www.justprofessionals.com") # shameless plug :)
    page.forms.first.fields << @new_field
    @new_page = page.forms.first.submit

which worked a treat in fixing forms with badly formed or missing fields.

New Problem: how do you add a link to a Mechanize::Page

I''ve been researching the documentation(?) and the source code and
playing around with it but haven''t been able to crack this one.

Can someone please point me in the right direction.

Regards
Ross



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hmm. well,

I would create a new Nokogiri::XML::Node of an anchor tag, then create a new
Mechanize::Page::Link which takes a node, mech and page then

page.links << new_mechanize_link

I think that might work for you.

~Jeremy

On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 12:49 AM, Ross Cameron <ross at roscommonhq.com>
wrote:
>  Some time ago, Jeremy Woertinnk posted a helpful solution to add missing
> fields to a Mechanize::Form, viz,
>
> @new_field = WWW::Mechanize::Form::Field.new("url", "
> http://www.justprofessionals.com") # shameless plug :)
> page.forms.first.fields << @new_field
> @new_page = page.forms.first.submit
>
> which worked a treat in fixing forms with badly formed or missing fields.
>
> New Problem: how do you add a link to a Mechanize::Page
>
> I''ve been researching the documentation(?) and the source code and
playing around with it but haven''t been able to crack this one.
>
> Can someone please point me in the right direction.
>
> Regards
> Ross
>
>
>
>
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Jeremy

Thanks for that.

I had created a Nokogiri::XML::Node OK for the anchor tag intending to 
add the constructed link as before (page.links << new_mechanize_link)

It''s the mech & page parameters of the Mechanize::Page::Link where 
things got interesting. I couldn''t sort them out.

Hoping you can provide some illumination.

Regards
Ross
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Jeremy Woertink wrote:
> hmm. well,
>
> I would create a new Nokogiri::XML::Node of an anchor tag, then create 
> a new Mechanize::Page::Link which takes a node, mech and page then
>
> page.links << new_mechanize_link
>
> I think that might work for you.
>
> ~Jeremy
>
> On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 12:49 AM, Ross Cameron <ross at roscommonhq.com 
> <mailto:ross at roscommonhq.com>> wrote:
>
>     Some time ago, Jeremy Woertinnk posted a helpful solution to add
>     missing fields to a Mechanize::Form, viz,
>
>         @new_field = WWW::Mechanize::Form::Field.new("url",
"
>         http://www.justprofessionals.com") # shameless plug :)
>         page.forms.first.fields << @new_field
>         @new_page = page.forms.first.submit
>
>     which worked a treat in fixing forms with badly formed or missing
fields.
>
>     New Problem: how do you add a link to a Mechanize::Page
>
>     I''ve been researching the documentation(?) and the source code
and playing around with it but haven''t been able to crack this one.
>
>     Can someone please point me in the right direction.
>
>     Regards
>     Ross
>
>
>         
>
>
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