WWW::Sitebase::Navigator WWW::Sitebase::Navigator is a base Perl class for modules that navigate web sites.
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WWW::Sitebase::Navigator is a base Perl class for modules that navigate web sites. WWW::Sitebase::Navigator is a base Perl class for modules that navigate web sites.SYNOPSISThis module is a base class for modules that navigate web sites like Myspace or Bebo. It provides basic methods like get_page and submit_form that are more robsut than their counterparts in WWW::Mechanize. It also provides some core methods like "site_login". If you subclass this module and override the "site_info" method, you'll have a module that can log into your web site. Ta Da.Note that this module is a subclass of "Spiffy" using "use Spiffy -Base". perldoc Spiffy for more info or look it up on CPAN. Most importantly this means we use Spiffy's "field" method to create accessor methods, you don't need to include "my $self = shift" in your methods, and you can use "super" to call the base class's version of an overridden method. use WWW::Sitebase::Navigator -Base; field site_info => { home_page => 'http://www.myspace.com', # URL of site's homepage account_field => 'email', # Fieldname from the login form password_field => 'password', # Password fieldname cache_dir => '.www-MYSITE', login_form_name => 'login', # The name of the login form. OR login_form_no => 1, # The number of the login form (defaults to 1). # 1 is the first form on the page. login_verify_re => 'Welcome.*view my profile', # (optional) # Non-case-sensitive RE we should see once we're logged in not_logged_in_re => 'Sign In', # If we log in and it fails (bad password, account suddenly # gets logged out), the page will have this RE on it. # Case insensitive. home_uri_re => '?fuseaction=user&', # _go_home uses this and the next two items to load # the home page. You can provide these options or # just override the method. # First, this is matched against the current URL to see if we're # already on the home page. home_link_re => 'fuseaction=user', # If we're not on the home page, this RE is # used to find a link to the "Home" button on the current # page. home_url => 'http://www.myspace.com?fuseaction=user', # If the "Home" button link isn't found, this URL is # retreived. error_regexs => , # error_regexs is optional. If the site you're navigating # displays error pages that do not return proper HTTP Status # codes (i.e. returns a 200 but displays an error), you can enter # REs here and any page that matches will be retried. # This is meant for IIS and ColdFusion-based sites that # periodically spew error messages that go away when tried again. };IMPORTANT: If the site your module navigates uses ANY SSL, you'll need to add "Crypt::SSLEay" to your list of prerequisite modules. Otherwise your methods will die if they hit an SSL-encrypted page. WWW::Sitebase::Navigator doesn't require this for you to prevent unnecessary overhead for sites that don't need it. Requirements: · Perl

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