LWP connection errors

[sedawk]

Hi,

The following code get a 500 error:
500 Can't connect to

http://www.yahoo.com:80

(connect: Connection refused). Do I need to have connection permission before using LWP or need to use different port number?

Thanks,

my $ua = new LWP::UserAgent;
$ua->agent("hcat/1.0");
my $request = new HTTP::Request("GET", "[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.yahoo.com");[/URL]
my $response = $ua->request($request);
                                                        
if ($response->is_success) {
        print $response->content;
}
else
{
        print $response->status_line, "\n";
}

 

[MillerH]

Yes, you should get permission:

http://developer.yahoo.com/

Check out Get an Application ID.

- Miller

 

[KevinADC]

Your code works for me, (after adding "use LWP::Useragnet;") but I do have to disable my firewall first when running it from my local pc.

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[KevinADC]

As Miller notes, yahoo has APIs you should be using to interact with their website. I would look into the link(s) he posted.

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[sedawk]

I guess firewall is the issue. Is a way to handle the firewall using LWP?

Thanks

 

[KevinADC]

Read the LWP documentation.

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