Can't use perl WWW::Mechanize to tick checkboxes

Question

I am making a webscraper using perl WWW::Mechanize. My problem is the site that I am scraping is using javascript a bit too much. I am logging in using credentials, Then traversing to custom search using $mech->follow_link(url) .

The problem starts from here. I am landing on to a page where I have to select one checkbox and one radiobutton from a javascript enabled dropdownlist. I am stuck at this point.

The part of html is as below. When I am using $mech->tick('cs-MajorIndustryGroup') , I am getting an error

Can't call method "find_input" on an undefined value

Answer 1

WWW::Mechanize doesn't support JavaScript. You could try some of these modules:

• Gtk2::WebKit::Mechanize
• Win32::IE::Mechanize
• WWW::Mechanize::Firefox
• WWW::Scripter
• WWW::Selenium .

For more information see WWW::Mechanize::FAQ .