Re: URI::Escape::escape_char error when posting to a form inside perl script

Welcome to the monastery.

According to the HTTP::Request::Common documentation, the request() method, when used with POST, takes its list of key-value pairs as an arrayref:

  use HTTP::Request::Common;
  $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new;
  $ua->request(POST 'http://somewhere/foo', [foo => bar, bar => foo]);
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You're using a hashref (\%Fields). I'd suggest changing your request() call to:

my $Page = $Browser->request(POST $URLtoPostTo, [%Fields]);
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-- Ken

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Re^2: URI::Escape::escape_char error when posting to a form inside perl script by marknher (Initiate) on Jan 31, 2013 at 06:15 UTC
Thank you Ken, I've updated my code to include [] around %fields. Unfortunately, the error remains. From what I can tell, it's because the scalars in the pairs have reserved characters such as @, etc. Any other ideas? Thanks, Mark T.	[reply]
Re^3: URI::Escape::escape_char error when posting to a form inside perl script by kcott (Archbishop) on Jan 31, 2013 at 06:56 UTC
Take a look at the code for `URI::Escape` which you'll probably find at `/usr/local/share/perl/5.10.1/URI/Escape.pm`. In the current source for this module, `escape_char()` is coded right at the end: `... sub escape_char { return join '', @URI::Escape::escapes{$_[0] =~ /(\C)/g}; } 1;` [download] If it's not there, you'll need to ask your server administrators to update their code. If it is there, please show the actual code you are running, i.e. with the calls to `uri_escape()` - the problem may lie with your implementation. -- Ken	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: URI::Escape::escape_char error when posting to a form inside perl script by Anonymous Monk on Jan 31, 2013 at 09:40 UTC
Thanks Ken, This would explain it. I put in the request to the support site for my host and we'll see. Thanks, Mark T.	[reply]
Re^3: URI::Escape::escape_char error when posting to a form inside perl script by marknher (Initiate) on Jan 31, 2013 at 06:24 UTC
If I comment out one of the key-pairs that have a reserved character such as $email (which has @ in it) then the script works fine. Thanks, Mark	[reply]