WWW::Mechanize with HTTPS

raj8 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Monks, I tried to use WWW::Mechanize with HTTPS using 5.8.7 for Win32 with ActiveState, but get error saying that the Crypt::SSLeay module is not installed. However, when searching with PPM I don't even find this available. So the below fails. How would one log in?

 use WWW::Mechanize;
my $url= 'https://10.64.40.29:8181//login.jsp';
    my $mech = WWW::Mechanize->new( autocheck => 1 );
    $mech->credentials(
        '10.65.44.29:8181',
        'admin',
        'admin' => 'password'
    );
    $mech->get( $url );
    print $mech->content();
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Re: WWW::Mechanize with HTTPS by Herkum (Parson) on Apr 12, 2006 at 03:12 UTC
When I did a search in ppm this is what I got, `ppm> s Crypt::SSLeay Searching in Active Repositories 1. Crypt-SSLeay [0.51] OpenSSL glue that provides LWP https support ppm>` [download] When you doing an install by PPM you have to remember to call the package with the dash instead of double colons. Example, `ppm> install Crypt-SSLeay` [download] Note: I thought that Crypt::SSLeay was in the default installation but I was wrong ( at least it isn't for Activestate Perl).	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: WWW::Mechanize with HTTPS by monarch (Priest) on Apr 12, 2006 at 03:46 UTC
If you are using ActiveState 5.8.x try the following: `ppm install http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms/Crypt-SSLeay.ppd` [download] Note that setting a web proxy is dependant on the method. For HTTPS we set an environment variable: `$ENV{HTTPS_PROXY} = 'http://proxy.mycompany.com:8080';` [download] and for HTTP we call the `->proxy` method: `$ua->proxy(['http'],'http://proxy.mycompany.com:8080/');` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: WWW::Mechanize with HTTPS by marto (Cardinal) on Apr 12, 2006 at 11:23 UTC
raj8, Please use Super Search before posting a question, this question seems to be asked time and time again. Martin	[reply]