Re: Help logging into a website with LWP::UserAgent

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Re^2: Help logging into a website with LWP::UserAgent by SebMorris (Novice) on May 18, 2014 at 18:21 UTC
I have found this syntax: $ua->post( $url, \%form, $field_name => $value, ... ) how do i use this to input this into the user or password form sections	[reply]
Re^3: Help logging into a website with LWP::UserAgent by Corion (Patriarch) on May 18, 2014 at 18:24 UTC
Again, you will have to learn about what HTTP is, and how it relates to HTML. Maybe starting by looking at the site source code gives you an idea of how the parts interact, or maybe you are better off to use WWW::Mechanize and/or one of its Javascript-enabled variants.	[reply]
Re^4: Help logging into a website with LWP::UserAgent by SebMorris (Novice) on May 18, 2014 at 18:26 UTC
Ok thanks back to the drawing board!	[reply]
Re^2: Help logging into a website with LWP::UserAgent by SebMorris (Novice) on May 18, 2014 at 17:29 UTC
Thanks for the reply, I do know it can be done the problem is that I don't know how to input into the user and password boxes at the link I posted then click login. CPAN also seems to be down right now so i cant check on there.	[reply]
Re^3: Help logging into a website with LWP::UserAgent by Corion (Patriarch) on May 18, 2014 at 17:33 UTC
Maybe now is a good time to learn how HTTP works? In short, all this "form input" does not exist over the network. WWW::Mechanize (for example) hides the transformations from you, which is why it is usually recommended to be used when simulating a browser. Also, when http://search.cpan.org is down, there also is https://metacpan.org/, and also CPAN (modulename).	[reply]
Re^4: Help logging into a website with LWP::UserAgent by SebMorris (Novice) on May 18, 2014 at 18:12 UTC
Will HTTP still work if it is a HTTPS webstie?	[reply]
Re^5: Help logging into a website with LWP::UserAgent by Corion (Patriarch) on May 18, 2014 at 18:13 UTC