Re^5: fetching and storing data from web.

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Finally using manual methods suggested I was able to build WWW::Mechanize::Firefox on Win32 to the extent that 'use WWW::Mechanize::Firefox;' in and out of itself does not cause an error.

However the object itself can not be created:

use WWW::Mechanize::Firefox;

open STDERR,'>>out.txt';

my $mech = WWW::Mechanize::Firefox->new();

##########################

output:

Failed to connect to , problem connecting to "localhost", port 4242: N
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+ a kapcsolatot. at C:/strawberry/perl/site/lib/MozRepl/Client.pm line
+ 144
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The languge of my op. system is not english so the error message rougly means: 'connection failed because the destination computer refused to establish connection'. This message popped up during the build many times by the way. Note I've installed the necessary plugin for Firefox (mozrepl) and Firefox was running when I've received this message (I switched off the firewall but to no avail).

Any thoughts on that?

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Re^6: fetching and storing data from web. by choroba (Cardinal) on Jan 27, 2012 at 13:24 UTC
Is your browser running the MozRepl extension?	[reply]
Re^7: fetching and storing data from web. by chessgui (Scribe) on Jan 27, 2012 at 13:38 UTC
I've just googled the english part of the error message and it turned out that this is a typical problem for lamers: it is not enough to install the mozrepl extension but you have to explicitly run it or set the option 'Activate on startup' :). Now I'm able to open a web page. But it is still not clear how to use this module to submit a form or login to some site. Is there any tutorial on this that you recommend?	[reply]
Re^8: fetching and storing data from web. by Corion (Patriarch) on Jan 27, 2012 at 14:46 UTC
I try to make using WWW::Mechanize::Firefox easy. Please tell me what you found unusable about the WWW::Mechanize::Firefox documentation, and especially WWW::Mechabize::Firefox::Examples and WWW::Mechanize::Firefox::Troubleshooting. They get distributed with the module itself. Searching for www::mechanize::firefox examples also returns that document on CPAN as the first hit to me, so if you tell me what search engine you used, or why you disregarded that result, I can use that information to improve the documentation.	[reply]
Re^9: fetching and storing data from web. by chessgui (Scribe) on Jan 27, 2012 at 15:14 UTC
Re^8: fetching and storing data from web. by choroba (Cardinal) on Jan 27, 2012 at 14:05 UTC
It uses the same API as WWW::Mechanize, so just see WWW::Mechanize::Examples.	[reply]
Re^9: fetching and storing data from web. by chessgui (Scribe) on Jan 27, 2012 at 14:39 UTC

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