Re^2: LWP::Curl and CURLOPT

I don't see a reference to authorization_basic() for LWP::Curl. I'm doing a $lwpcurl->post() I assume the authentication would be a part of the post method.

I had hoped I could include the username and password as curl will accept it with userid:password@http://... but it does not like that either.

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Re^3: LWP::Curl and CURLOPT_USERPWD by NetWallah (Canon) on Jun 06, 2016 at 20:34 UTC
Hmm - you are right - looks like LWP::Curl does not implement an authentication mechanism. You may have to use plain LWP. This is not an optical illusion, it just looks like one.	[reply]
Re^4: LWP::Curl and CURLOPT_USERPWD by wanderedinn (Sexton) on Jun 06, 2016 at 20:44 UTC
I have been able to resolve the 401 error by including the user id and password in the url as in http://username:password@hostname:4444 So it appears I have a viable solution now. Thanks for all the assistance.	[reply]
Re^5: LWP::Curl and CURLOPT_USERPWD by Don Coyote (Hermit) on Jun 07, 2016 at 06:24 UTC
Passing sensitive data over a plain-text protocol like http is not good practice.	[reply]
Re^6: LWP::Curl and CURLOPT_USERPWD by wanderedinn (Sexton) on Jun 13, 2016 at 20:27 UTC