Re: curl http post using LWP::Curl

If the -d @test.xml command is supposed to read the file test.xml into memory and send it as the body of the POST request, I guess you'll have to do the part of reading the file in Perl.

my $filename = 'test.xml';
open my $fh, '<', $filename
    or die "Couldn't read '$filename': $!";
binmode $fh, ':raw';
my $content = do { local $/; <$fh> }; # sluuurp

$hash_form = {
    ...
    data => $content
    ...
}
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Re^2: curl http post using LWP::Curl by wanderedinn (Sexton) on Jun 07, 2016 at 16:31 UTC
I thought about that approach. As a short cut I did this: `my $content = "<test>test</test>"; $hash_form = { data => $content ...` [download] Still does not push the content to the host properly.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: curl http post using LWP::Curl by Corion (Patriarch) on Jun 07, 2016 at 16:34 UTC
Have you tried debugging it? What does get sent? When dealing with HTTP (well, any kind of TCP) problems, usually Wireshark or `tcpdump` can tell you what exactly goes over the wire. Usually that's a first hint as to what goes wrong where. Note that your seeming addition of headers is not supported by the documentation in Net::Curl.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: curl http post using LWP::Curl by wanderedinn (Sexton) on Jun 07, 2016 at 16:39 UTC
Not my box, so I can't use wireshark or tcpdump. Odd that Net::Curl doesn't support headers and does not complain. I think maybe I shouldn't be providing form data at all. It's not a form. I'll research this a bit more.	[reply]