What you want, then, is a CGI script that handles a file upload -- or so I understand it. That's what should be sitting at (what you call) the postback_url. The script on the vendor's site should submit the XML file as an upload (i.e. if they're using Perl, they'll use LWP to submit the XML to you; you'll handle it with (if you're sane =) CGI.pm).

The fact that the file you're receiving is in XML format isn't *terribly* important for purposes of recieving it; what your script needs to do is handle the upload, and save the file to a designated location. Then process it (this can be handled by the CGI script itself, a script *called by* the CGI script, or maybe a cron job).

As far as handling uploads via CGI are concerned, you can read the documentation for CGI.pm with perldoc CGI and/or entering a search for "handling uploads" and the like on this site.

Hope that's helped you narrow down what you need to know!

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In reply to Re: xml response by arturo
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