WWW::Mechanize::Plugin::Snapshot - Snapshot the Mech object's state This document describes WWW::Mechanize::Plugin::Snapshot version 0.01 use WWW::Mechanize::Pluggable; my $mech->new; $mech->snapshots_to("/some/file/path"); $mech->get("http://problematic.org"); # Create timestamped snapshot $snapshot_file_name = $mech->snapshot("Accessing problematic.org"); # Create user-named snapshot $foo_file = $mech->snapshot("Special file", "foo"); # Preset the comment: $mech->snapshot_comment("Failed during test set 1"); # Resulting file uses the comment preset before the # snapshot call. $standard_name = $mech->snapshot(); # Use a different filename. keeping the preset comment: $foo_file = $mech->snapshot(undef, "foo"); "WWW::Mechanize::Plugin::Snapshot" is a Web debugging plugin. It allows you to selectively dump the results of an HTTP request to files that can be displayed in a browser, showing not only the web page at the time of the request, but also The output is displayed in a frame, with the debug information on the left and the actual page HTML as fetched at the time of the snapshot on the right.

init
Standard importation of methods into "WWW::Mechanize::Pluggable".

snapshots_to($dir)
Requires a directory to which the snapshots will be taken. To separate different runs, a subdirectory of this directory will be created, using a human-readable form of the current time as part of the name. If this method is not called prior to the use of "snapshot", the system default temporary file directory is used. If no such directory is defined in the TMP or TMPDIR environment variables, "snapshots_to" dies.

snapshot
Takes a snapshot of the current state of the "WWW::Mechanize" object contained in the "WWW::Mechanize::Pluggable" object. You called "snapshots_to" without a temporary directory, but no system temporary directory name was available to the program. Either call "snapshots_to" with a writeable directory name, or set the TMP or TMPDIR environment variable to reflect the desired name. The program couldn't create the directory you specified. A diagnostic follows the colon to help you find out why not. The argument you supplied to "snapshots_to" is not a directory. Internal error: "_build_file" wasn't given a file into which output is to be saved. Please contact the author. Internal error: "_build_file" was not supplied with the information to fill out the template. Please contact the author. Internal error: "_build_file" was supplied with a bad file template. Please contact the author. We attempted to take a snapshot, but we couldn't write the file to the selected temporary directory. The contents of "$!" are appended to try to diagnose the error further. WWW::Mechanize::Plugin::Snapshot requires no configuration files. It needs the "TMP" or "TMPDIR" environment variable to select the system temporary directory if no argument is supplied to "snapshots_to". Since this is a "WWW::Mechanize::Pluggable" plugin, that module is required. None reported. No bugs have been reported. Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-www-mechanize-plugin-snapshot@rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org. Joe McMahon "<mcmahon@yahoo-inc.com >" Copyright (c) 2005, Joe McMahon "<mcmahon@yahoo-inc.com >". All rights reserved. This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See the perlartistic manpage. BECAUSE THIS SOFTWARE IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE SOFTWARE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE SOFTWARE "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE SOFTWARE PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR, OR CORRECTION. IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND/OR REDISTRIBUTE THE SOFTWARE AS PERMITTED BY THE ABOVE LICENCE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SOFTWARE (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE SOFTWARE TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER SOFTWARE), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.