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in reply to Re: LWP UserAgent to script Mediawiki reads
in thread LWP UserAgent to script Mediawiki reads

The login part may be a little bit unclear, so here is the summary of form parameters passed (used in $ua->request):

my %params = (); $params{'wpName'} = 'your_user_name'; $params{'wpPassword'} = 'your_password'; $params{'wpLoginAttempt'} = "Log in"; $params{'wpLoginToken'} = $token; #Login token obtained previously