HTTP::Recorder and HTTP::Proxy

[matlawtt]

I'm by no means a professional programmer, but am trying to write a perl program using HTTP::Recorder and HTTP:roxy. To start, I copied the example given at CPAN for the HTTP::Recorder module:

>!/usr/bin/perl
>
>use HTTP:roxy;
>use HTTP::Recorder;
>
>my $proxy=HTTP:roxy->new();
>
>#create a new HTTP::Recorder object
>my $agent = new HTTP::Recorder;
>
>#set the log file
>$agent->file("~/perl/proxytmpfile");
>
>#set HTTP::Recorder as the agent for the proxy
>$proxy->agent( $agent );
>
>#start the proxy
>$proxy->start();
>
>1;

When I run with perl, I'm not sure what to expect - it looks like it's hung (no command prompt) but maybe that's what it does while it's running the proxy? I'm pretty sure I have all the modules installed correctly (until I did I used to get an error when trying to run but now I don't).

The other question I have is how do I set my web browser to use this proxy? I know from the HTTP:roxy FAQ that the default port is 8080. Is that all I have to set for my browser's HTTP proxy setting or do I need a default address as well? If so, what's the default address? This isn't clear in either the HTTP::Recorder FAQ (it just says to set the browser proxy to the one created by the program but doesn't say what that is).

I tried setting my brower port to 8080 only and using the manual proxy configuration setting on my browser (firefox) but I'm not generating a log file at all.

Also, probably a dumb question, but what's the purpose of the final line in the code above?

Thanks in advance for any help!

Matt

 

[MillerH]

I'm feeling extremely lazy, so I'll just take the easy question for now.

Also, probably a dumb question, but what's the purpose of the final line in the code above?

I don't know.

There, done my part for the masses today. Come back anytime

 

[PaulTEG]

Sounds like your program is waiting for input, why not post your code as it's the code with the issue;

FWIW 1; returns true to the calling script, indicating a successful 'require'

Paul
------------------------------------
Spend an hour a week on CPAN, helps cure all known programming ailments ;-)