I'm trying to write a program that sends random variables to an online form and then retrieving the results after the Web server has done the computations. The problem I am having is that I cannot seem to send the details to the form. I tried teh following code: 
#!/user/local/bin/perl

use strict;
use CGI;
use HTTP::Request;
use LWP::UserAgent;
use HTTP::Header;

my $start_town = "Guildford";
my $destination_town = "Portsmouth";

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

my $method = "POST";
my $url = "http://212.87.65.227/bin/query.exe/en";


my $header = HTTP::Header->new();
my $content = "to=".$start_town."&from=".$destination_town;


my $request = HTTP::Request->new($method, $url, $header, $content);

use HTTP::Response;
my $response = $ua->request($request, "page.html");
if($response->is_success) {
open PLEASE, "<page.html";
while (<PLEASE>) {
    print;
    }
close PLEASE;
}
else {
print $response->error_as_HTML;
}

[download]
But get the following error on running the script: 
Can't locate HTTP/Header.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /opt/PDperl/5005_0
+3/lib/5.00
503/sun4-solaris-thread /opt/PDperl/5005_03/lib/5.00503 /opt/PDperl/50
+05_03/lib/
site_perl/5.005/sun4-solaris-thread /opt/PDperl/5005_03/lib/site_perl/
+5.005 .) a
t tester3.cgi line 7.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at tester3.cgi line 7.

[download]
From this I assumed that the Web server I am using does not have the Header.pm module. So I tried removing the header line and using the following code: 
#!/user/local/bin/perl

use strict;
use CGI;
use HTTP::Request;
use LWP::UserAgent;
#use HTTP::Header;

my $start_town = "Guildford";
my $destination_town = "Portsmouth";

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

my $method = "POST";
my $url = "http://212.87.65.227/bin/query.exe/en";


#my $header = HTTP::Header->new();
my $content = "to=".$start_town."&from=".$destination_town;


my $request = HTTP::Request->new($method, $url, [$content]);

use HTTP::Response;
my $response = $ua->request($request, "page.html");
if($response->is_success) {
open PLEASE, "<page.html";
while (<PLEASE>) {
    print;
    }
close PLEASE;
}
else {
print $response->error_as_HTML;

[download]
But got the following error: 
Can't call method "clone" on unblessed reference at /opt/PDperl/5005_0
+3/lib/site
_perl/5.005/HTTP/Message.pm line 53.

[download]
What is blessing and what variable do I need to bless? Or am I on the wrong track? Any help would be gratefully appreciated. Cobra

In reply to Submitting information to an online form by cobra

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.