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Mechanize is a ruby library that makes automated web interaction easy.

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file .gitignore Fri Oct 17 13:27:36 -0700 2008 an ignore [timocratic]
file CHANGELOG.rdoc Tue Jun 23 14:27:52 -0700 2009 dealing with incorrect encoding strings [tenderlove]
file EXAMPLES.rdoc Wed Mar 04 13:43:23 -0800 2009 updating rakefile, moving doc files [tenderlove]
file FAQ.rdoc Wed Mar 04 13:43:23 -0800 2009 updating rakefile, moving doc files [tenderlove]
file GUIDE.rdoc Wed Mar 04 13:43:23 -0800 2009 updating rakefile, moving doc files [tenderlove]
file LICENSE.rdoc Wed Mar 04 13:43:23 -0800 2009 updating rakefile, moving doc files [tenderlove]
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file README.rdoc Mon Jun 08 17:11:48 -0700 2009 making rubygems happy [tenderlove]
file Rakefile Tue Jul 07 00:13:04 -0700 2009 Updated Rakefile for new hoe capabilities [zenspider]
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directory lib/ Tue Jul 14 14:24:13 -0700 2009 updated mechanize to inherit html_parser and log [bahuvrihi]
file mechanize.gemspec Tue Jun 23 14:29:06 -0700 2009 refreshing gemspec for github release [tenderlove]
directory test/ Tue Jul 14 14:24:13 -0700 2009 updated mechanize to inherit html_parser and log [bahuvrihi]
README.rdoc

WWW::Mechanize

DESCRIPTION

The Mechanize library is used for automating interaction with websites. Mechanize automatically stores and sends cookies, follows redirects, can follow links, and submit forms. Form fields can be populated and submitted. Mechanize also keeps track of the sites that you have visited as a history.

Dependencies

SUPPORT:

The mechanize mailing list is available here: 

  * http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/mechanize-users

The bug tracker is available here: 

  * http://rubyforge.org/tracker/?atid=5709&group_id=1453

Examples

If you are just starting, check out the GUIDE. Also, check out the EXAMPLES file.

Authors

Copyright © 2005 by Michael Neumann (mneumann@ntecs.de)

Copyright © 2006-2009:

This library comes with a shameless plug for employing me (Aaron) programming Ruby, my favorite language!

Acknowledgments

This library was heavily influenced by its namesake in the perl world. A big thanks goes to Andy Lester (andy@petdance.com), the author of the original perl Mechanize which is available here. Ruby Mechanize would not be around without you!

Thank you to Michael Neumann for starting the Ruby version. Thanks to everyone who’s helped out in various ways. Finally, thank you to the people using this library!

License

This library is distributed under the GPL. Please see the LICENSE file.