Uploading a variable as a file usingHTTP::Request::Common

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

How can I treat the contents of a variable as a file for upload (without resorting to the use of tempfiles)?

      Use an "undef" as $file value if you want to 
      specify the content directly.
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makes it sound feasible, but I'm not clear on how to specify the content and have been unable to find any examples. Suppose $x contains the data I wish to treat as a file. Where and how to I code it?

   my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new();

   my $req = POST $url,
      Content_Type => 'form-data',
      Content      => [blah => $something,
                       file => [undef,'foo.txt']
                      ];
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Thanks...

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Re: Uploading a variable as a file usingHTTP::Request::Common by marrocco (Initiate) on Dec 19, 2001 at 02:28 UTC
Found the answer at http://groups.google.com/groups?q=HTTP::Request::Common+upload&hl=en&rnum=1&selm=m3snel5r7a.fsf%40ActiveState.com `my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new(); my $req = POST $url, Content_Type => 'form-data', Content => [blah => $something, file => [undef, 'foo.txt', content_type => 'text/plain', content => $x ] ];` [download]	[reply] [d/l]