Rest API testing with perl

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

I am trying to set a send a session id to a webpage. I am not sure what's wrong. The connection is failing and I am getting the response as C:\Automation\API_Test\API_Test\Scripts>perl cookies.pl fail 500 at cookies.pl line 22.

Could you please help.

#!/usr/bin/perl -l

use LWP::UserAgent;
use HTTP::Cookies;

# sending cookies as a part of header
$sessionKey = "session";
$sessionId = "1399663809196";
    
my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new;
$request = HTTP::Request->new(POST => 'https://localhost:4096/CVTLAPI/
+DV/libraries/15.154.52.112');
my $cookies = HTTP::Cookies->new();
$cookies->set_cookie(0,'session',$sessionId);
$ua->cookie_jar($cookies);
$response = $ua->request($request);
if($response->is_success){
print "sucess\n";
print $response->code;
}
else {
print "fail\n";
die $response->code;
}
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Re: Rest API testing with perl by moritz (Cardinal) on May 11, 2014 at 19:07 UTC
The return code 500 doesn't mean that there's a problem with the connection, but rather that your request triggered an internal error in the web application you're testing. So look at that web application's error log, it should give you more clues about what's going wrong. Perl 6 - the future is here, just unevenly distributed	[reply]
Re: Rest API testing with perl by hippo (Archbishop) on May 11, 2014 at 19:09 UTC
Check the server error log to determine why it is returning the 500 (internal server error) to your client.	[reply]
Re^2: Rest API testing with perl by madhurivepa (Novice) on May 12, 2014 at 03:37 UTC
Somehow not able to trouble shoot. Are the packages which are included sufficient or I should have JSON also included.when i Googled I came across some	[reply]
Re^3: Rest API testing with perl by Bloodnok (Vicar) on May 12, 2014 at 09:41 UTC
If the packages you include are/were insufficient, then you shouldn't get as far as running the test - perl should have blown up long before. A user level that continues to overstate my experience :-))	[reply]
Re: Rest API testing with perl by Anonymous Monk on May 11, 2014 at 21:12 UTC
I can spot ~~the~~ a problem right now ... you cannot predefine the session-id. You must follow the protocol to obtain one from the host.	[reply]
Re^2: Rest API testing with perl by madhurivepa (Novice) on May 12, 2014 at 03:33 UTC
I am still struck. I am changing the session id while passing it.	[reply]
Re^3: Rest API testing with perl by Anonymous Monk on May 12, 2014 at 06:49 UTC
Hmm, session-id is something you get, its not something you change ... Hello Mr. Lanlord, thanks for these keys to my new apartment ... I'll change these keys now ... my session-id keys that I changed won't open my apartment, whats wrong?	[reply]
Re^4: Rest API testing with perl by madhurivepa (Novice) on May 12, 2014 at 07:54 UTC
Re^4: Rest API testing with perl by madhurivepa (Novice) on May 12, 2014 at 07:56 UTC