Download file from HTTP

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I am using LWP::UserAgent to download file from Http site. I am able to connect to website but not able to download required file. Can anyone help me with my query. Thanks in advance.

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Re: Download file from HTTP by pemungkah (Priest) on Jul 21, 2011 at 01:46 UTC
Insufficient data to be certain, but I'm betting you need to log in and have a cookie, or at least have a cookie jar to capture the cookie in. Check out HTTP::Cookies. If there's Javascript involved, you'll need a higher-tech solution: either to use a proxy (Live HTTP Headers is a good option) to see what the full HTTP interaction with the site is, and the duplicate that via LWP calls, or use WWW::Mechanize::Firefox to do the download. (edit: whitespace)	[reply]
Re: Download file from HTTP by Anonymous Monk on Jul 21, 2011 at 01:18 UTC
I am using LWP::UserAgent to download file from Http site. I am able to connect to website but not able to download required file. Can anyone help me with my query. Thanks in advance. See the solution to every such problem in Re^5: can't get WWW::Mechanize to sign in on JustAnswer or Web Testing with HTTP::Recorder	[reply]