http post error

bigup401 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

i wanted some help guys. i was sending post to http server and i wanted the response to be in json format but i get this error i dont know why.. HTTP request error, with error code 500, and body:.. this is my code

# GET JSON RESPONSE
my $json = '{
                "firstname":    "",
                "lastname":     "",
                "email":        "",
                "country":      "",
                
        }';
my $decoded = decode_json($json);

# POST

my $url = '';
my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new;
my $req = POST $url, 
    Content => [
        api_key      => '',
        firstname    => '',
        lastname     => '',
        email        => '',
        country      => '',
    ];

my $resp = $ua->request($req);

if ($resp->is_success) {
 my $resluts = $json->decode($resp->decoded_content());
 my $fname = $decoded->{'firstname'};
 my $lname = $decoded->{'lastname'};
 my $eml   = $decoded->{'email'}
 my $cotry = $decoded->{'country'};
}

if ($resp->is_error) {
die "HTTP request error, with error code ".$resp->code.
  ", and body:\n\n".$resp->error_as_HTML;
}
my ($res_code, $res_str) = split(/\|/, $resp->content);
}

if (! $res_code, $res_str) {
#if no error 
#continue
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Re: http post error (style) by LanX (Saint) on Apr 11, 2015 at 14:35 UTC
Please see How do I post a question effectively? and How (Not) To Ask A Question. You already have a long list of down voted posts in your past record. This mainly because you don't show self contained code and ignore given advice. Please don't keep us busy if you don't want to provide enough information. Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :) Je suis Charlie!}	[reply]
Re: http post error by Happy-the-monk (Canon) on Apr 11, 2015 at 12:55 UTC
`my $url = '';` HTTP Error 500 is not a very telling error to work with. What strikes me as odd is that there is no URL used in your example code - so there should be no http happening in the first place. I understand, you edited it out? Cheers, Sören Créateur des bugs mobiles - let loose once, run everywhere. (hooked on the Perl Programming language)	[reply]
Re^2: http post error by bigup401 (Pilgrim) on Apr 11, 2015 at 13:56 UTC
yes my $url ='could be any url eg yahoo.com/userapi'; i dont think there is any problem at that part. the problem must be, posting data to the http server and the way i want it to be responded back in json format	[reply]
Re^3: http post error by Happy-the-monk (Canon) on Apr 11, 2015 at 14:11 UTC
the problem must be, posting data to the http server and the way i want it to be responded back in json format Then test it with a simpler approach until you get a useful result - i.e. not an Error. Continue to work in small steps from there. Cheers, Sören Créateur des bugs mobiles - let loose once, run everywhere. (hooked on the Perl Programming language)	[reply]
Re: http post error by pme (Monsignor) on Apr 11, 2015 at 13:15 UTC
Hi bigup401, Your code even does not compile. How could you get HTTP error 500?	[reply]
Re^2: http post error by bigup401 (Pilgrim) on Apr 11, 2015 at 13:52 UTC
it runs well, on my side, the only problem is that error i get	[reply]
Re^3: http post error by aaron_baugher (Curate) on Apr 11, 2015 at 14:09 UTC
A 500 response means there was an error on the server. That's all. Without seeing the server log, or getting the server to show the error in your browser, or seeing your URL so we can guess what error it might have caused, we can't even make a useful guess. It could be anything from a badly formed URL to a permissions problem to an error in a CGI script to an error in the server config -- virtually anything at all. Aaron B. Available for small or large Perl jobs and *nix system administration; see my home node.	[reply]
Re^3: http post error by pme (Monsignor) on Apr 11, 2015 at 14:02 UTC
In this case I cannot help you unless you post what you have on your side.	[reply]
Re^4: http post error by bigup401 (Pilgrim) on Apr 11, 2015 at 20:13 UTC
Re: http post error by Anonymous Monk on Apr 11, 2015 at 19:43 UTC
$decoded is not $resluts which is not $results `my $resluts = $json->decode($resp->decoded_content()); my $fname = $decoded->{'firstname'};` [download] 500 just means the server you're talking to isn't written well, some kind of error occurred , nothing for you to guess about , its documentation reading time -- if server doesn't come with documentation contact support	[reply] [d/l]