HTML request to a server

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

Hey, Could anyone help me with how to submit this html page e.g. below from a perl script and get the output as an appended file? I plan to submit 1000s of these html request being read by a perl script and output appended to one text file. In short, 1000 of these html requests shoul create output file with 1000 rows

http://mutationassessor.org/?cm=var&var=7,55178574,G,A&fts=all&frm=txt

Thanks for your help

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Re: HTML request to a server by remiah (Hermit) on Dec 12, 2011 at 00:33 UTC
To fetch html output with ease, LWP::Simple may be convenient Cpan LWP::Simple.	[reply]
Re^2: HTML request to a server by angerusso (Novice) on Dec 12, 2011 at 01:00 UTC
Thanks so much for your message. I tried it but I needed to install 10 other packages before that which is a hassle Any other suggestions that are simpler? If not, I will keep trying to install SIMPLE<\p>	[reply]
Re^3: HTML request to a server by Anonymous Monk on Dec 12, 2011 at 02:18 UTC
Yeah, stop doing things the hard way :) Yes, even you can use CPAN Re: One liner to config cpan to install all dependencies automatically along with temp modules? A Guide to Installing Modules `export PERL_MM_USE_DEFAULT=1 export PERL5LIB=/home/user/stuff/lib/perl5 export PERL_MB_OPT=--install_base /home/user/stuff export PERL_MM_OPT=INSTALL_BASE=/home/user/stuff cpan -fi Module Module Module Module Module Module` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: HTML request to a server by angerusso (Novice) on Dec 12, 2011 at 20:28 UTC
Re^5: HTML request to a server by angerusso (Novice) on Dec 12, 2011 at 21:15 UTC