Problem using LWP

spookie · Nov 28, 2006

Hi,
I am trying to make http request to another server and read a web page from inside perl.
Here is the code i am using

Code:

my $url = "[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.<somesite>.com"[/URL] ;
use LWP::Simple;
my $content = get $url;
die "Couldn't get $url" unless defined $content;

print $content ;

I am not able to get the content.(i.e.Couldn't get

http://www.<somesite>.com)

Am i missing something or is it a credentials issue?

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
I never set a goal because u never know whats going to happen tommorow.

mbrooks · Nov 28, 2006

Straight from the LWP::Simple pod.

You will not be able to examine the response code or response headers (like 'Content-Type') when you are accessing the web using this function. If you need that information you should use the full OO interface (see LWP::UserAgent).

M. Brooks

http://mbrooks.info

MillerH · Nov 28, 2006

That's because [ignore]"

http://www.<somesite>.com"

[/ignore] does not exist on the internet. Try "

http://www.asdf.com"

instead.

Code:

use LWP::Simple;
my $url = "[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.asdf.com";[/URL]
my $content = get $url;

# $content will equal "<html>...blah blah...</html>"

KevinADC · Nov 28, 2006

you're not literally using

http://www.<somesite>.com

are you?

- Kevin, perl coder unexceptional!

spookie · Nov 28, 2006

No i don't..

)
Yes and the website exists..

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
I never set a goal because u never know whats going to happen tommorow.

Tek-Tips is the largest IT community on the Internet today!

Members share and learn making Tek-Tips Forums the best source of peer-reviewed technical information on the Internet!

Problem using LWP

spookie

Programmer

mbrooks

Programmer

MillerH

Programmer

KevinADC

Technical User

spookie

Programmer

Similar threads

Part and Inventory Search

Sponsor