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Hi monks, Does anyone have a working example of the LWP::UserAgent attribute of $ua->credentials($realm,$uname,$passwd) ? I tried with: $ua->credentials($url, $username, $password); but am still getting the error 407 proxy authentication required. Many thanks in advance!
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Re: Question on LWP::UserAgent attribute - $ua->credentials()
by marto (Cardinal) on Jul 05, 2006 at 11:04 UTC
    Anonymous Monk,

    Perhaps you could detail exactly what you are trying to do? It sounds as to you are behind a proxy and are trying to access a page which required user authentication. You may want to look at the Proxy attributes in the LWP::UserAgent documentation. If this is no help, please post the complete code you have, the error message (in full) and a better description of your circumstances (for example, are you behind a proxy server that requires a username and password before you can view webpages) and what you are trying to achieve. Also please read the PerlMonks FAQ and How do I post a question effectively? if you have not already done so.

    Martin
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      I have to agree, with marto here. You are saying you are getting a proxy error and you asking for help with credentials. Seems like two seperate issues. if you are positive that it is a credentials issues, here is a snippet that works for me,

      my $server  = 'www.yourhosthere.com:';
my $port_no = 443;
my $realm   = 'Restricted Area'; # Make sure the text is an exact matc
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my $user    = 'username';
my $passwd  = 'password';

$ua->credentials( $server . $port_no, $realm, $user, $passwd );

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