Tab closing Mechanize::Firefox

[PerlSufi]

Hello Monks,
I have successfully created a crawler with WWW::Mechanize::Firefox that downloads a file that I need. My problem is that I am having trouble autoclosing the tab.

my $mech = WWW::Mechanize::Firefox->new(launch => 'C:\Program Files (x
+86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe',
         autoclose => 1,
         autodie => 1);

It seems to auto close when I sign out of my account, but not automatically when the script is done- even if I have 'exit;' at the end. Do I need to do this separately with the Firefox::Application module?

[ww]

Have you read the docs? Have you searched this site? ...the www? Have you tried to help yourself?

This is a "gimme" post -- give me the answer so I don't have to hunt it up. That's a big -   - in my book... especially since you've been counseled about this before.

[PerlSufi]

Hi ww,
I did not intend on this being a 'gimme' post, sorry if it seemed that way. I have read the documentation and implemented it in a way that I understood to be the correct method. I will investigate it further, thank you for your consideration

[PerlSufi]

For those who wonder how to do it in the future, I implemented something similar to the following method:


my $site_tab = "my site";
my $ff = Firefox::Application->new();
$mech->get('https://mysite.com');
$ff->closeTab($site_tab);