following crazyinsomniac:

my script:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
$|=1;

use LWP::Simple;
use LWP::UserAgent;

print "\$LWP::Simple::VERSION is $LWP::Simple::VERSION\n";
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";

my $url = "http://wire.ap.org/APnews/center_minor.html?FRONTID=SCIENCE
+";
my $body = get("$url");

print "$body";

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produces the following output:

C:\WINDOWS\Desktop>perl test_lwpsimple.pl
$LWP::Simple::VERSION is 1.33
Content-type: text/html

Use of uninitialized value in string at test_lwpsimple.pl line 16.

C:\WINDOWS\Desktop>

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with the default distribution from ActiveState in build 631. i downloaded and installed libwww-perl-5.63 in an alternate directory and prepended it to @INC, yeilding:

C:\WINDOWS\Desktop>perl -Ic:\perllib\libwww-perl-5.63\lib test_lwpsimp
+le.pl
$LWP::Simple::VERSION is 1.35
Content-type: text/html

<!-- pcache/1.7.3 Cache loaded from file on warrant Sun Jan 27 07:34:0
+9 2002 -->


<!-- $Id: WirePortal.pcgi,v 1.10 2001/12/13 21:04:53 jxu Exp $  -->
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<META HTTP-EQUIV=Refresh CONTENT="1; URL=/public_pages/WirePortal.pcgi
+/nojs.html
">
<TITLE>Testing JavaScript</TITLE>
<script language="JavaScript">
<!--
function gogo() {
self.location.href='/public_pages/WirePortal.pcgi/us_portal.html'
}

// -->
</script>
<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" onload="gogo()">
</BODY>
</HTML>

C:\WINDOWS\Desktop>

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so it looks like an upgrade will do you good.

~Particle

In reply to Re: LWP::Simple fails on certain URL by particle
in thread LWP::SIMPLE fails on certain URL by cdherold

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