Hi , I am trying to interface witha a server which accepts multipart/mixed content type.I am using REST::client to send a post request and the content is created using the MIME::Entity module. However when i try to post , I am getting a 500 Not a scalar reference error. Not sure how to post with a scalar variable. my code : 
sub uploadCodeCoverageZip {

# Verify everything and if it checks out call the WSDL. Otherwise just
+ return error
    my $self = shift();
    my $ret  = "Unknown Error\n";

# get an xml from xml::simple
        my $ws_request = createCodeCoverageObject( 
            password                  => $self->{password},
            coverageType                => $self->{coverageType},
            buildVersion                => $self->{buildVersion},
            testPlanId                => $self->{testPlanId},
            loginId                   => $self->{loginId},
                        cloverFilePath        => $self->{cloverFilePat
+h},                        
        );  

        

                

        my $multipart = MIME::Entity->build(Type     => "multipart/mix
+ed");  # this might work but gives a Not a scalar reference when used
+ as request content
        
    
        
        my $url = 'http://someserver.com/path/to/ws'; '#'my server
                my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new;
        my $h = HTTP::Headers->new;
        my $file = '/etc/passwd';        # Name the file
        open(INFO, $file);        # Open the file
        my @lines = <INFO>;        # Read it into an array
        close(INFO);
        $h->header('Content-Type' => 'multipart/mixed', Accept=>'appli
+cation/json','Cookie', $by->{cookie},'User-Agent', $self->getUserAgen
+t());
        my @ws_result_array = ();
        # approximating the post request 
        push (@ws_result_array, '--Boundary');
        push (@ws_result_array, $ws_request);
        push (@ws_result_array, '--Boundary');
        push (@ws_result_array, @lines);
        
        
        my $GetReq = HTTP::Request->new(
            'POST',
            $url,
            $h,
            @ws_result_array  // not sure what to put here 
        );    
        print $GetReq->as_string;
        my $resp = $ua->request($GetReq);
        print $resp->decoded_content;                

    return "eod";

}

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the above code returns a request syntactically incorrect response from server I have tried attaching objects to the multipart object but that gives a not a scalar reference error. do let me know if you need nething thnx help is much appreciated. thanks

In reply to perl client with multipart/mixed content by bbarodia

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