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Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi.
I am seeking some help with a script that triggers a script on a server to begin a process.

I have no great experience as perl expert. Here is what I have:

use HTTP::Request;
use LWP::UserAgent;

# Variables
#
my $url = "http://somedomain.com/cgi-bin/somescript.cgi?variouscharact
+ers";
my $ua = new LWP::UserAgent;
my $res = $ua->request(POST $url);

if ($res->success) {
  print $res->content || die "Not possible\n";
}
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Thanks for any and all help.
-james _{edited by ybiC: balanced <code> tags}

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Re: URL post by arthas (Hermit) on Aug 18, 2003 at 23:24 UTC
Hi! The script has some errors. Here's a fixed version: `use HTTP::Request; use LWP::UserAgent; my $url = "http://somedomain.com/cgi-bin/somescript.cgi?variouscharact +ers"; my $ua = new LWP::UserAgent; my $req = new HTTP::Request(GET => $url); my $res = $ua->request($req); if ($res->is_success) { print $res->content; } else { die "Not possible\n"; }` [download] Among the other things, you should really use GET as request method for an URL like the one you provided. Also, take a look at the numerous exampels in the LWP documentation, they're very useful. Michele.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: URL post by tcf22 (Priest) on Aug 19, 2003 at 00:52 UTC
CPAN can be very helpful, when it comes to getting examples on how to use modules. A simple search for LWP::UserAgent would have shown that you need an `HTTP::Request` object. A post from last week, Where and how to start learning Perl by woolfy, is worth taking a look at. It gives many fine perl resources.	[reply] [d/l]


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