Re^2: WWW::Mechanize - Could not connect to a server

[jesuashok]

in reply to Re: WWW::Mechanize - Could not connect to a server
in thread WWW::Mechanize - Could not connect to a server

monks,

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

    use WWW::Mechanize;
    use strict;
    use Data::Dumper;
    use Storable;
    
    my $url = 'http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps
+0027.html';
    my $m = WWW::Mechanize->new();

   $m->http_proxy ( "proxy_address:proxy_port" );

I tried the above code and got the error as follows :-

Can't locate object method "http_proxy" via package "WWW::Mechanize" a
+t l.pl lin
e 11.

Is there something wrong in the above Code. If so, could you add your valuable points.

[Anonymous Monk]

There is no method http_proxy. If you RTFM you can discover the correct method.

[marto]

If you had read the Documentation (which was pointed out to you by chargrill in the first reply to this thread) you would see that you have $m->http_proxy rather than $m->proxy. Again, if you are not sure about something why not read the documentation, it does not take that long does it?

As a side note you can also use can to find out if a Method exists within an invocant:

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use WWW::Mechanize;

my $mech = WWW::Mechanize->new();

if ($mech->can("http_proxy")){
    print "Mech can http_proxy\n";
}else{
    print "Mech can't http_proxy\n";
}

if ($mech->can("proxy")){
    print "Mech can proxy\n";
}else{
    print "Mech can't proxy\n";
}


Hope this helps

Martin

[Preceptor]

To be fair, I also hadn't done an RTFM before posting, which is why I commented on the error. Then again, I'm not the one having problems with my code :)

[marto]

No harm done I guess, they would not sell pencils with erasers at one end if nobody ever made a mistake :) When possible I try and test the code I post to make sure that it works as I claim it will.

Cheers

Martin