# Mechanize 0.6.10 Released

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mechanize-0-6-10-released/110528>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [July 27, 2007, 5:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mechanize-0-6-10-released/110528 "2007-07-27T05:56:08Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 5:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mechanize-0-6-10-released/110528/1 "2007-07-27T05:56:08Z")

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mechanize version 0.6.10 has been released!

- [http://mechanize.rubyforge.org/](http://mechanize.rubyforge.org/)

The Mechanize library is used for automating interaction with websites.  
Mechanize automatically stores and sends cookies, follows redirects,  
can follow links, and submit forms. Form fields can be populated and  
submitted. Mechanize also keeps track of the sites that you have  
visited as  
a history.

Changes:

# Mechanize CHANGELOG

## 0.6.10

- Made digest authentication work with POSTs.

- Made sure page was HTML before following meta refreshes.  
[http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=12260&group\_id=1453&atid=5709](http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=12260&group_id=1453&atid=5709)

- Made sure that URLS with a host and no path would default to ‘/’ for  
history  
purposes.  
[http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=12368&group\_id=1453&atid=5709](http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=12368&group_id=1453&atid=5709)

- Avoiding memory leaks with transact. Thanks Tobias Gruetzmacher!  
[http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=12057&group\_id=1453&atid=5711](http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=12057&group_id=1453&atid=5711)

- Fixing a problem with # signs in the file name. Thanks Tobias  
Gruetzmacher!  
[http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=12510&group\_id=1453&atid=5711](http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=12510&group_id=1453&atid=5711)

- Made sure that blank form values are submitted.  
[http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=12505&group\_id=1453&atid=5709](http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=12505&group_id=1453&atid=5709)

- Mechanize now respects the base tag. Thanks Stephan D…  
[http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=12468&group\_id=1453&atid=5709](http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=12468&group_id=1453&atid=5709)

- Aliasing inspect to pretty\_inspect. Thanks Eric P…  
[http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/mechanize-users/2007-July/000157.html](http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/mechanize-users/2007-July/000157.html)

- [http://mechanize.rubyforge.org/](http://mechanize.rubyforge.org/)