POST to remote cgi from within local perl file?

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

I have been trying to find a perl solution to POST data stored in scalars to a remote CGI script. I have been using a cut and paste PHP version for over a year - but I need something in perl.... I need to POST: $name, $email, $subject, $body to another cgi script for further use. a snippet I found does not seem to be working for me - most likely because I butchered it somewhere.... What is wrong here? Or is there a better solution?

use HTTP::Request::Common;
$ua = LWP::UserAgent->new;
$ua->request(POST 'http://remotescript.com',[
name   => '$name', 
email  => '$email', 
subject => '$subject', 
body   => '$body']);
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thanks in advance Monks! BTW - in case it matters - the contents of $body is a paragraph of 200 characters or less.

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Re: POST to remote cgi from within local perl file? by Zaxo (Archbishop) on May 31, 2002 at 03:16 UTC
Your field values are not being interpolated from the variables. Try: `name => $name,` [download] You don't need to quote those at all After Compline, Zaxo	[reply] [d/l]
Re: POST to remote cgi from within local perl file? by DamnDirtyApe (Curate) on May 31, 2002 at 03:08 UTC
I doubt this is the cleanest way to do what you want, but take a look at this post for an idea. _______________ D a m n D i r t y A p e Home Node \| Email	[reply]