Re^3: CGI and web services

Google checkout is going to send you a POST to your CGI script. It has to be a name/value pair. One of those name value pairs is going to contain your XML document.

This should dump any data that you receive from a POST request. Use this as your script that Google Checkout will call; it will tell you what name/values you are receiving from them.

#!/usr/bin/perl

use CGI;

my $q = new CGI;

my @names = $q->param();

for my $name (@names) {
  warn "$name => " . $q->param($name) . "\n";
}
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Re^4: CGI and web services by dshahin (Pilgrim) on Jan 30, 2007 at 05:19 UTC
Your technique worked great! I guess there's a param called POSTDATA that contains what I need. I've written a client and a server that seem to be talking to each other. Now I need to perform basic HTTP authentication. Any pointers there? dan shahin	[reply]
Re^5: CGI and web services by spatterson (Pilgrim) on Jan 30, 2007 at 13:23 UTC
So you need to fetch a URL that uses a username & password? LWP::UserAgent and WWW::Mechanize can both handle this. just another cpan module author	[reply]
Re^5: CGI and web services by EvanK (Chaplain) on Jan 30, 2007 at 17:11 UTC
Now I need to perform basic HTTP authentication. Any pointers there? That depends, what is the source of the usernames/passwords? Some kind of local database you control, or do you authenticate them through google? Addendum: for those monks (ie: me) who dont usually care to go looking for proprietary API docs, it would help to include a link to them :) __________ The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it. - Terry Pratchett	[reply]
Re^6: CGI and web services by dshahin (Pilgrim) on Jan 30, 2007 at 22:53 UTC
it's my own username and password sent back to me from google. I'm trying to access the Authorization header but it seems to have been stripped by the time it gets to my script. Any tips? dan shahin	[reply]
Re^7: CGI and web services by EvanK (Chaplain) on Jan 30, 2007 at 23:03 UTC
Re^4: CGI and web services by dshahin (Pilgrim) on Jan 30, 2007 at 05:05 UTC
from the Google documentation: Google sends you the new-order-notification to inform you that it has started processing an order. The new-order-notification includes the order's shopping cart, shipping method, tax, shipping address, and various other information. Google sends this and all other notifications as raw POST data, not as name/value pairs. You need to reply to the notification with a notification-acknowledgment message via HTTP response. See New Order Notifications for a complete description. That's what's confusing me. How can I access the raw Post data?	[reply]