Re: http POST + authentication

I could be wrong because I didn't try it but I think you mean:

use HTTP::Request::Common;
use LWP::UserAgent;
$ua = new LWP::UserAgent;
$ua->credentials('user', 'password');
my $req = new HTTP::Request::Common(POST $URL,  # note how it is calle
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    [
        'txtUserID' => $USERID,
        'txtPassword' => $PASSWORD,
        'txtHeader' => $header,
        'txtReportArea' => $data,
        'onbtnSubmitReportWebEvent(btnSubmitReport)' => 'Submit Report
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    ]);
$req->authorization_basic('aas', 'mypassword');
print $req->status_line, "\n";
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Re: Re: http POST + authentication by CountZero (Bishop) on Dec 30, 2002 at 18:28 UTC
In the docs of LWP::UserAgent I read: $ua->credentials($netloc, $realm, $uname, $pass) Set the user name and password to be used for a realm. So it seems that you need to furnish the realm (i.e. the name of the protected area of the website)and the "netloc" (whatever that may be). CountZero "If you have four groups working on a compiler, you'll get a 4-pass compiler." - Conway's Law	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: http POST + authentication by Grateful_Dude (Acolyte) on Dec 30, 2002 at 19:30 UTC
I saw that looking through the libwww-perl mailing list archives, here's what they look like: `$ua->credentials(< 'servername:portnumber', 'realm-name', 'username' => 'password' );` [download] NOTE: You have to specify the port number above!	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: Re: Re: http POST + authentication by Grateful_Dude (Acolyte) on Jan 06, 2003 at 17:39 UTC
Yarg... With the credentials piece, the final solution was already in my hand. A boneheaded developer at the other end included a hidden form element with `value="PLACEHOLDER_NOTUSEDANYMORE"` and decided that this was a required field, not excepting the form without it. thanks all for your help!! Grateful_Dude	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: http POST + authentication by JamesNC (Chaplain) on Dec 30, 2002 at 18:18 UTC
yep...I missed that too... need to declare that module.. you should also probably add the following to all your code: `#!\perl\bin\perl -w use strict;` [download] It will save you lots of headaches and force you to code better. :0)	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: http POST + authentication by Anonymous Monk on Dec 31, 2002 at 10:21 UTC
You are wrong. LWP uses HTTP::Request::Common so you don't need to do this as it has already been imported.	[reply]