in reply to Re: http POST + authentication
in thread http POST + authentication

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

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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'
);

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    NOTE: You have to specify the port number above!
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      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
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