I'm using the LWP module to plow through a bunch of pages (~10K) sequentially. I've tried using the LWP::Simple 'get' and the LWP::UserAgent 'POST' methods. Both seem extremely slow to retreive the page. (I realize that this is partially a function of the server on the other end.) It seems like it hangs on certain pages longer that others. Is there a way to "timeout" the request after X seconds and move on so that I'm not waiting forever for it to return an UNDEF value?

It seems that it takes the average page about 2 seconds to be requested using either method, but the occational page can take a minute or more and I'd rather either skip them entirely or log them for future lookup, but in either case, simply move quickly to the next page. Thanks.
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Filmo the Klown

In reply to LWP Module - timing out by filmo

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