Dearest Monks,

I am trying to pull down link content from webpages that can only be accessed using a username and password through a proxy URL. To manually go to the webpage I have to set the proxy URL under the options tab (FireFox) and then when I enter the webpage it asks me for a username and password. I enter these and then the website recognizes me as a specific user.

I am having trouble understanding how I would do the same in perl. I am using LWP::Simple to perform get() on links and obtain their content (works on webpages that are not restricted), but I am not clear on how to mimic the proxy url with user/pass to access the restricted webpages. I have been looking at setting the $ENV variable, as well as using the proxy aspect of LWP::UserAgent

$ua->proxy(['http', 'ftp'], 'http://proxy.sn.no:8001/');

but have so far been unsuccessful. I am feeling a little lost so I have come for your guidance.

Most Humbly,

Chris

In reply to Accessing webpages with proxy url requiring user/pass by cdherold

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