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Changes for version 2.20 - 2025-10-22

ENHANCEMENTS
- WWW::Mechanize no longer taints the responses it receives. This also removes Test::Taint as a prerequisite. (GH#383) (Andy Lester)
- select() now accepts a number argument to specify which instance of an element with multiple occurrences to use (GH#189) (Julien Fiegehenn)
- Add Bash completion (GH#396) (Mikko Koivunalho)
DOCUMENTATION
- Improve FAQ (GH#76) (Julien Fiegehenn)
- Add installation instructions and badge for Repology (GH#399) (Mikko Koivunalho)
- Add License, CPAN and kwalitee badges to README (GH#400) (Mikko Koivunalho)
FIXED
- Fix test failure after release of HTTP::Message 7.01 (GH#403) (Olaf Alders)

Documentation

WWW::Mechanize::Cookbook

Recipes for using WWW::Mechanize

WWW::Mechanize::Examples

Sample programs that use WWW::Mechanize

WWW::Mechanize::FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about WWW::Mechanize

Dumps information about a web page

Modules

Handy web browsing in a Perl object

WWW::Mechanize::Image

Image object for WWW::Mechanize

WWW::Mechanize::Link

Link object for WWW::Mechanize

Other files

To install WWW::Mechanize, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.

cpanm WWW::Mechanize

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install WWW::Mechanize

For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.

	Global
`s`	Focus search bar
`?`	Bring up this help dialog

	GitHub
`g` `p`	Go to pull requests
`g` `i`	go to github issues (only if github is preferred repository)

	POD
`g` `a`	Go to author
`g` `c`	Go to changes
`g` `i`	Go to issues
`g` `d`	Go to dist
`g` `r`	Go to repository/SCM
`g` `s`	Go to source
`g` `b`	Go to file browse

	Search terms
module: (e.g. module:Plugin)
distribution: (e.g. distribution:Dancer auth)
author: (e.g. author:SONGMU Redis)
version: (e.g. version:1.00)