Pulling an image

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(kudra) Re: Pulling an image by kudra (Vicar) on Dec 03, 2000 at 20:21 UTC
You might try the Image::Grab module, which was suggested by merlyn in this thread. If you plan to use this as a way to get site content and avoid advertisements, keep in mind that some sites may not appreciate that. You might want to read Yohimbe's comments in the same thread. I think it's come up another time as well, but I can't remember any keywords for it.	[reply]
Re: Pulling an image by mirod (Canon) on Dec 03, 2000 at 20:29 UTC
The easiest is probably to do: `use LWP::Simple; getstore ' http://perlmonks.org/images/monasterygatestitle2.jpg', 'monasterygatestitle2.jpg ';` [download] And you can do `perldoc lwpcook` for more info	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: Pulling an image by merlyn (Sage) on Dec 03, 2000 at 21:30 UTC
Rather than using `getstore`, if you're always gonna be dropping it into the same file, use `mirror` (same syntax). This permits the webserver to reply with a "304 error" and no data transfer if you've already got the most up-to-date version of the file, and also sets the modtime of the file to the "last-modified" header so you have a clue as to the document's age. -- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker	[reply]