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Reputation: 11098

Alternative to WWW::Mechanize::Firefox script to run on a server?

I have a cloud server and would like to run this script on a cron job, unfortunately it requires Firefox to be installed with MozRepl and WWW::Mechanize::Firefox. I don't think I can run the script without it installed on the server and I don't think I can get it installed as there is no desktop.

I'm no expert.

what can I do, other than run the scipt on my local but update the db on server?

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There is no need to use WWW::Mechanize::Firefox if your requirement is to merely webscrape there are multiple options available that do not require a browser installed.

A popular choice is ScraPY which comes with all the bells and whistles and is built with python

No browser required

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