is it possible to convert Mechanize::File into Mechanize::Page

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I'm having a trouble with Mechanize gem, how to convert Mechanize::File into Mechanize::Page,

here's my piece of code:

**link** = page.link_with(:href => %r{/en/users}).click

when users link clicked it goes to the page with the list of users, now i want to click the first user, but i can't achieve this, because link return Mechanize::File object

Any help, suggestions 'd be great, thanks

are there anyone who knows how to handle such situations ? – Said Kaldybaev Jun 07 '12 at 09:32 — Said Kaldybaev, Jun 07 '12 at 09:32

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 08 '12 at 06:02

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Just parse the body with nokogiri:

link = page.link_with(:href => %r{/en/users}).click
doc = Nokogiri::HTML link.body
agent.get doc.at('a')[:href]

answered Jun 08 '12 at 06:02

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 06 '13 at 15:38

Mechanize uses Content-Type to determine how the resource should be handled. Occasionally websites will not set the mime-types for their resources. Mechanize::File is the default for unset Content-Type.

If you are only dealing with 'text/html' you can following Jimm Stout's suggestion of using post_connect_hooks

agent = Mechanize.new do |a|
  a.post_connect_hooks << ->(_,_,response,_) do
    if response.content_type.empty?
      response.content_type = 'text/html'
    end
  end
end

is it possible to convert Mechanize::File into Mechanize::Page

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