in reply to WWW::Mechanize and basic authentication

WWW::Mechanize is a subclass of LWP::UserAgent - so can use all of its methods.

You want to do something like:

my $agent = WWW::Mechanize->new();
$agent->credentials($uri->host_port, "TheRealm", "user", "pass");

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See LWP::UserAgent for details on credentials.

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Re: Re: WWW::Mechanize and basic authentication
by iguanodon (Priest) on Jan 29, 2003 at 13:41 UTC
    That works, thanks a bunch.

    I need to understand how the credentials method of LWP::UserAgent differs from the authorization_basic method of HTTP::Request. I'm guessing that under the hood they're doing the same thing, so was my code not working because I'm passing the credentials too late in the process?

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      It doesn't work because the get and follow methods create a new HTTP::Request object every time.

      req returns the HTTP::Request that was used in the last request, not the one that will be used in the next - so yes, a little late in the process :-)

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        Well, that makes perfect sense. Thanks and ++ again, adrianh.

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        Perhaps I should make the new HTTP::Request that gets created by follow() somehow inherit the credentials from the initial request?

        Or is this not a problem?

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        Andy
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