XML-RPC over HTTPS

packetstormer has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello Monks

I have being using Frontier::Client to post to a XML-RPC service for the last few years. Recently, the service has changed to using HTTPS instead of HTTP. However, I can't see any module that allows for this on CPAN.

Can anyone suggest how I might post over HTTPS? Not sure what to do!

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Re: XML-RPC over HTTPS by Corion (Patriarch) on Mar 24, 2013 at 17:45 UTC
Frontier::Client seems to use LWP::UserAgent as its transport provider. If that really is so, simply using the `https://` URL should Just Work, provided you have the appropriate HTTPS libraries installed. See Mozilla::CA and LWP::Protocol::https.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: XML-RPC over HTTPS by packetstormer (Monk) on Mar 24, 2013 at 17:51 UTC
Thanks. Problem now is the server cert is not issued by a reconised CA. With LWP::UserAgent I could just set the SSL_verify_mode to 0 but I am not sure how I do this before Frontier::Client calls it???	[reply]
Re^3: XML-RPC over HTTPS by Corion (Patriarch) on Mar 24, 2013 at 17:53 UTC
I recommend properly managing your SSL chain and importing the certificate into the PEM file of Mozilla::CA instead of switching off verification.	[reply]

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