Hi,

I am trying to make an api call with xml however every time i make the call i get an error. The only workaround i could come up with was to

1) save the xml request to a text file.

2) Load the $request back in and assign to a $ string

3) then make the call.

Can anyone tell me a reason why this is happening and a method to make the call without first saving/loading the file? 

# define the XML request (REVISE)
if ($econfig =~ /ReviseInventoryStatusRequest/ ) { $req1 =
"<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>" .
"<ReviseInventoryStatusRequest xmlns=\"urn:ebay:apis:eBLBaseComponents
+\">" .
"<RequesterCredentials>".
"<eBayAuthToken>$token</eBayAuthToken>".
"</RequesterCredentials>".
"<ErrorLanguage>en_US</ErrorLanguage>".
"<WarningLevel>High</WarningLevel>".
"<InventoryStatus>".
"<ItemID>$uuid</ItemID>".
"<StartPrice>$myprice1</StartPrice>".
# "<Quantity>4</Quantity>" .
"</InventoryStatus>".
"</ReviseInventoryStatusRequest>";
}

# POST VIA SINGLE CALL API
if ($apipost == 1) {$apipost = 0 ;
# WRITE THE XML REQUEST TO FILE
open (UPCWRITE, '>apirequest1.txt');print UPCWRITE "$req1 stop\n";clos
+e(UPCWRITE);
# LOAD THE XML REQUEST BACK IN
print "WOOT";print "$req1";open(F,'apirequest1.txt');@req1=<F>;close F
+;$request ="@req1";

# make the call
my $objRequest = HTTP::Request->new(
  "POST",
  "https://api.ebay.com/ws/api.dll",
  $objHeader,
  $request
);

# deal with the response
my $objUserAgent = LWP::UserAgent->new;
my $objResponse = $objUserAgent->request($objRequest);
if (!$objResponse->is_error) { print $objResponse->content;} else {pri
+nt $objResponse->error_as_HTML;} 

                    } # if ($apipost == 1)

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