Bug #76984 for WWW-Scripter: ->find_links ignores <link> and <meta> tags

Fri May 04 04:56:21 2012 steve.bitcard [...] yewtc.demon.co.uk - Ticket created

Because WWW::Scripter looks at the "document" rather than the "content",(I think) find_links misses out meta tags, so although it sub-classes WWW::Mechanize, the later finds the link in : <HTML><HEAD><META HTTP-EQUIV=Refresh CONTENT=0;URL=/my_new_page.html></HEAD><BODY></BODY></HTML> but WWW:Scripter doesn't.

Fri May 04 11:47:08 2012 $_ = 'spro^^*%*^6ut# [...] &$%*c>#!^!#&!pan.org'; y/a-z.@//cd; print - Correspondence added

On Fri May 04 04:56:21 2012, SJR wrote: Show quoted text

> Because WWW::Scripter looks at the "document" rather than the > "content",(I think) find_links misses out meta tags, so although it > sub-classes WWW::Mechanize, the later finds the link in : > <HTML><HEAD><META HTTP-EQUIV=Refresh > CONTENT=0;URL=/my_new_page.html></HEAD><BODY></BODY></HTML> > > but WWW:Scripter doesn't.

Yes, what was I thinking? $w->document->links follows the DOM spec, but $w->find_links should follow WWW::Mechanize, of course. I had it using $w->document->links underneath. I’ll fix that in the next release.

Fri May 04 11:47:09 2012 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

Fri May 04 11:47:35 2012 $_ = 'spro^^*%*^6ut# [...] &$%*c>#!^!#&!pan.org'; y/a-z.@//cd; print - Subject changed from (no value) to '->find_links ignores <link> and <meta> tags'

Sun May 13 15:56:03 2012 $_ = 'spro^^*%*^6ut# [...] &$%*c>#!^!#&!pan.org'; y/a-z.@//cd; print - Correspondence added

On Fri May 04 11:47:08 2012, SPROUT wrote: Show quoted text

> On Fri May 04 04:56:21 2012, SJR wrote:

> > Because WWW::Scripter looks at the "document" rather than the > > "content",(I think) find_links misses out meta tags, so although it > > sub-classes WWW::Mechanize, the later finds the link in : > > <HTML><HEAD><META HTTP-EQUIV=Refresh > > CONTENT=0;URL=/my_new_page.html></HEAD><BODY></BODY></HTML> > > > > but WWW:Scripter doesn't.

> > Yes, what was I thinking? $w->document->links follows the DOM spec, > but $w->find_links > should follow WWW::Mechanize, of course. I had it using $w->document-

> >links underneath.

> > I’ll fix that in the next release.

I’ve just released version 0.29.

Sun May 13 15:56:42 2012 $_ = 'spro^^*%*^6ut# [...] &$%*c>#!^!#&!pan.org'; y/a-z.@//cd; print - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'