Hello

I'm trying to upload a picture to a server with the following code: 

#!/usr/bin/perl

use HTTP::Request;
use LWP::UserAgent;
use MIME::Base64 qw(encode_base64);

open(BILD,"picture.gif");
while(read(BILD,$buf,60*57))
  {
    $userfile .= encode_base64($buf,"");
  }
close(BILD);

$browser = new LWP::UserAgent;

my $req = new HTTP::Request POST,'http://192.168.1.241/GMS/bildarchiv/
+manage_addGMSImage',[file => $userfile];

$req->authorization_basic('user','passwd');

$ergebnis = $browser->request($req)->as_string;
print "Bild abgeschickt\n".$ergebnis;

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But the sript stops with the following error message: 

Can't call method "clone" on unblessed reference at /usr/lib/perl5/sit
+e_perl/5.6.0/HTTP/Message.pm line 53.

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What does that mean?

The error message disappears when I remove the
,[file => $userfile]
but then my server script complains about the missing "file".

I have looked at "man LWP", "man lwpcook" and the "Perl Cookbook", but I can't find an example that fits.

What is my mistake?

Thanks in advance

Sven Rudolph

In reply to LWP and POST (Oh no, not again) by smr42

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