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Ωmega
Ωmega

Reputation: 43683

How to explicitly clear cookies using WWW::Scripter module in perl?

Simple perl code is:

      use WWW::Scripter;
       
      ...
                 
      my $w = WWW::Scripter->new('agent' => 'myAgent');
      $w->use_plugin('JavaScript');
       
      ...
       
      $w->get($url);
       
      ### WWW::Mechanize automatic cookies = good for now
       
      $w->add_header(Referer => $url);
      $url = $w->document->getElementsByTagName('a')->[0]->href;
      $w->get($url);
       
      ...
       
      ### WWW::Mechanize automatic cookies = NOT good for now
      ### ! need to clear cookie jar here !
       
      ...
       
      $w->add_header(Referer => $url);
      $url = $w->document->getElementsByTagName('a')->[0]->href;
      $w->get($url);

One of good feature of WWW::Mechanize is automatic cookies, which is good at some point, but sometimes cookies need to be cleared. How?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 543

Answers (2)

daxim
daxim

Reputation: 39158

The WWW::Mechanize method cookie_jar returns a HTTP::Cookies object. The relevant method is indeed named clear.

Upvotes: 2

Adam Taylor
Adam Taylor

Reputation: 7793

Looking at the documentation, can't you just reset the cookie jar attribute?

e.g.

$w->cookie_jar({});

Upvotes: 0

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