Re: WWW::Mechanize follow_link() crashes if no link is found

[arkturuz]

It's seems to me it's a feature actually and not a bug. Quote from the Changes for version 1.51_03:

$mech->follow_link() did not complain if a link could not be found,
even with autocheck on.  Now it does.  Thanks, Flavio Poletti.

[venkatesan_G02]

Hi,

First thanks for the reply.

But, Pardon me for my ignorance. I didn't get your point.

Is there any way to make my program move on with the next step rather than crashing at follow_link line?

Thanks

[almut]

Is there any way to make my program move on with the next step

If all else fails, you could trap the exception, i.e. wrap the call within eval { ... } — Something like this

my $foo;          # undefined
eval {
    $foo->url();  # would 'Can't call method "url" on an undefined val
+ue ...'
};
if ($@) {
    # ... handle the exception
    print "error: ...: $@\n";
}

[venkatesan_G02]

Thanks almut.... It worked.

[arkturuz]

Well, one way would be to always pass a valid link to be followed. The other would be, as is specified in the WWW::Mechanize docs, to set autocheck to 0. Although, this would silence all requests unless they're errors.