in reply to Re: Call URL
in thread Call URL

so you'd have to check the page sent back for something to indicate success...

It's easier just using LWP::UserAgent.

use LWP::UserAgent; my $response = LWP::UserAgent->new()->get($smsurl); die if !$response->is_success;

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Re^3: Call URL
by f00li5h (Chaplain) on Nov 08, 2008 at 03:33 UTC

    quoth LWP::Simple::get

    The get() function will fetch the document identified by the given URL and return it. It returns undef if it fails.

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      Good to know. I was just going by what you said (that the page would need to be checked).

        well, the http request can still "succeed" but not send the sms, so you'll have to forrage in the response body for a The sms was not sent type message...

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