Re: Re: form response

On things as simple as this you can also use LWP::Simple

use LWP::Simple;
my $html = get($url);
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Re: Re: Re: form response by rob_au (Abbot) on Dec 10, 2001 at 15:18 UTC
True, the use of LWP::Simple makes things very easy - However, the use of the combination of LWP::UserAgent and HTTP::Request gives you a great deal more control over the request, returning HTTP headers and content by the same method. This can be quite advantageous and has most recently allowed the WWW::SimpleRobot module to be rewritten to make only a single request per page when crawling a web site (rather than the two requests it had previously been making using LWP::Simple - a request with the `HEAD` method for the page headers and the `GET` method for the page content) - The result was a considerable increase in module speed. To my mind there needs to be a very good reason as to why to use LWP::Simple in place of LWP::UserAgent and HTTP::Request rather than the other way around. `;-)` `perl -e 's&&rob@cowsnet.com.au&&&split/[@.]/&&s&.com.&_&&&print'`	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re: Re: Re: form response
by rob_au (Abbot) on Dec 10, 2001 at 15:18 UTC

LWP::Simple

LWP::UserAgent

HTTP::Request

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This can be quite advantageous and has most recently allowed the WWW::SimpleRobot module to be rewritten to make only a single request per page when crawling a web site (rather than the two requests it had previously been making using LWP::Simple - a request with the HEAD method for the page headers and the GET method for the page content) - The result was a considerable increase in module speed.

To my mind there needs to be a very good reason as to why to use LWP::Simple in place of LWP::UserAgent and HTTP::Request rather than the other way around.

;-)

perl -e 's&&rob@cowsnet.com.au&&&split/[@.]/&&s&.com.&_&&&print'

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