mirror - Procedural LWP interface

NAME

get, head, getprint, getstore, mirror - Procedural LWP interface

SYNOPSIS

 perl -MLWP::Simple -e 'getprint "http://www.sn.no";'

 use LWP::Simple;
 $content = get("http://www.sn.no/";)
 if (mirror("http://www.sn.no/";, "foo") == RC_NOT_MODIFIED) {
     ...
 }
 if (is_success(getprint("http://www.sn.no/";))) {
     ...
 }

This interface is intended for those who want a simplified view of the libwww-perl library. This interface should also be suitable for one-liners. If you need more control or access to the header fields in the requests sent and responses received you should use the full OO interface provided by the LWP::UserAgent module.

This following functions are provided (and exported) by this module:

get($url)

This function will get the document identified by the given URL. The get() function will return the document if successful or 'undef' if it fails. The $url argument can be either a simple string or a reference to a URI::URL object.

You will not be able to examine the response code or response headers (like Content-Type) when you are accessing the web using this function. If you need this you should use the full OO interface.

head($url)

Get document headers. Returns the following values if successful: ($content_type, $document_length, $modified_time, $expires, $server)

Returns an empty list if it fails.

getprint($url)

Get and print a document identified by a URL. The document is printet on STDOUT. The error message (formatted as HTML) is printed on STDERR if the request fails. The return value is the HTTP response code.

getstore($url, $file)

Gets a document identified by a URL and stores it in the file. The return value is the HTTP response code.

mirror($url, $file)

Get and store a document identified by a URL, using If-modified-since, and checking of the Content-Length. Returns the HTTP response code.

This module also exports the HTTP::Status constants and procedures. These can be used when you check the response code from getprint(), getstore() and mirror(). The constants are:

   RC_CONTINUE
   RC_SWITCHING_PROTOCOLS
   RC_OK
   RC_CREATED
   RC_ACCEPTED
   RC_NON_AUTHORITATIVE_INFORMATION
   RC_NO_CONTENT
   RC_RESET_CONTENT
   RC_PARTIAL_CONTENT
   RC_MULTIPLE_CHOICES
   RC_MOVED_PERMANENTLY
   RC_MOVED_TEMPORARILY
   RC_SEE_OTHER
   RC_NOT_MODIFIED
   RC_USE_PROXY
   RC_BAD_REQUEST
   RC_UNAUTHORIZED
   RC_PAYMENT_REQUIRED
   RC_FORBIDDEN
   RC_NOT_FOUND
   RC_METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED
   RC_NOT_ACCEPTABLE
   RC_PROXY_AUTHENTICATION_REQUIRED
   RC_REQUEST_TIMEOUT
   RC_CONFLICT
   RC_GONE
   RC_LENGTH_REQUIRED
   RC_PRECONDITION_FAILED
   RC_REQUEST_ENTITY_TOO_LARGE
   RC_REQUEST_URI_TOO_LARGE
   RC_UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE
   RC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR
   RC_NOT_IMPLEMENTED
   RC_BAD_GATEWAY
   RC_SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE
   RC_GATEWAY_TIMEOUT
   RC_HTTP_VERSION_NOT_SUPPORTED

The HTTP::Status classification functions are:

is_success($rc): Check if response code indicated successfull request.
is_error($rc): Check if response code indicated that an error occured.

The module will also export the LWP::UserAgent object as $ua if you ask for it explicitly.

The user agent created by this module will identify itself as ``LWP::Simple/0.00'' and will initialize its proxy defaults from the environment (by calling $ua->env_proxy).

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