Question

Using the following code:

use LWP::Simple;
my $url= "http://example.com";
my $html= get $url;

I am able to get the source in $html variable, and when I echo out the variable, it does have the code. I am wondering how would I save one of the images on that page to my folder called images in the same folder where this file is now? I am getting to that page through my $IE->Navigate($url); method.

I tried using Image::Grab module, but it wouldn’t install without force (no idea how to do that).

Answer 1

First, parse the HTML using an appropriate module (I tend towards HTML::TreeBuilder::XPath).

Second, use its API to find the <img> element you care about and extract its URI.

Third, convert that URI to an absolute one with URI if needed.

Fourth, use the getstore method from LWP::Simple to save it.