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Mechanize is a ruby library that makes automated web interaction easy.
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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
- ruby 1.8.6
- nokogiri
SUPPORT:
The mechanize mailing list is available here:
* http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/mechanize-users
The bug tracker is available here:
* http://github.com/tenderlove/mechanize/issues
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 © 2006-2010:
- Aaron Patterson (aaronp@rubyforge.org)
- Mike Dalessio (mike@csa.net)
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.
