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Re: Re: fastest way to get a web page

by chorg (Monk)

on Oct 27, 2002 at 00:53 UTC ( [id://208295]=note: print w/replies, xml )

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Well I just am looking for XS modules that do what LWP does essentially. I checked out Curl::easy -- which uses libcurl to grab pages ... was wondering if there are others?

Or to put it a different way, what alternatives are there to using LWP to get/post webdocuments inprocess?
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Re: Re: Re: fastest way to get a web page
by Kanji (Parson) on Oct 27, 2002 at 01:04 UTC

Offhand, I can only think of HTTP::GHTTP (alt.), which even provides some comparative benchmarks ...

Benchmark: timing 1000 iterations of ghttp, lite, lwp...
         ghttp:  8 wallclock secs ( 0.96 usr +  1.16 sys =  2.12 CPU)
          lite: 21 wallclock secs ( 3.00 usr +  3.44 sys =  6.44 CPU)
           lwp: 18 wallclock secs ( 9.76 usr +  1.59 sys = 11.35 CPU)
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It may be a little too "lite" for your needs, though, in which case ... perhaps rolling your own with IO::Socket or -gasp- the lower level Socket and friends?

--k.

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