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Get some sleep or try it yourself?

The documentation says

However, David Fishburn says: This did not work for me under WinXP - ActiveState Perl 5.6, but it DOES work on WinXP ActiveState Perl 5.8.

I haven't tried HTTP::Proxy::Engine::Threaded which uses threads and not fork

But yes, I've check that it works, my notes

it works, but make sure when you switch firefox in options+advanced+network+manual proxy, to remove localhost from the "no proxy for" list 

Alt+Tools
- Advanced
- Network
- Connection Settings
- Manual proxy configuration:
No proxy for: localhost, 127.0.0.1


about:config
network.proxy.http;localhost
network.proxy.http_port;8080
network.proxy.type;1
network.proxy.no_proxies_on;localhost, 127.0.0.1

$ cat http_traffic
$agent->get('http://search.cpan.org/');
$agent->form_name('f');
$agent->field('query', 'shoes my clown');
$agent->field('mode', 'all');
$agent->click();

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Re^5: Unable to Install HTTP::Proxy
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Feb 26, 2013 at 10:16 UTC

    I did try it years ago under 5.8.something. It was totally unreliable under any load.

    I had a go at fixing it and eventually decided it was beyond fixing and sought an alternative solution.

    With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'
    Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
    "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
    In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.
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      I did try it years ago under 5.8.something. It was totally unreliable under any load.

      What does that mean?

      I had a go at fixing it and eventually decided it was beyond fixing and sought an alternative solution.

      What solution?

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        What does that mean?

        Exactly what it says!

        With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'
        Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
        "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
        In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.
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Re^5: Unable to Install HTTP::Proxy
by karlgoethebier (Abbot) on Feb 26, 2013 at 10:28 UTC
    "...try it yourself"

    OK, why not. This is always the best. But it only works like this:

    cpan>notest force install HTTP::Proxy::Engine::NoFork
....
Appending installation info to C:\Perl\lib/perllocal.pod
  BOOK/HTTP-Proxy-0.26.tar.gz
  C:\Perl\site\bin\dmake.exe install  -- OK

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    Without notest force it freezes.

    Perl is v5.14.2 (ActivePerl) on XP SP3.

    It seem to work...

    Regards,Karl

    «The Crux of the Biscuit is the Apostrophe»

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      It seem to work...

      Now set a copy of it running and go into your browser and configure it to use the proxy.

      Then go to somewhere like youtube and navigate your way around a bit; watch a couple of videos and stuff. Still working?

      The try your favorite ajax-heavy site -- gmail or similar. Still working?

      With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'
      Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
      "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
      In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.
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        "Still working?"

        Yet another good question. I'll try this.

        Regards, Karl

        «The Crux of the Biscuit is the Apostrophe»

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        "Still working?"

        Not really. youtube works as well as heise.

        But telekom is broken.

        Very often i get [Tue Feb 26 12:29:10 2013] (1080) ERROR: Getting request failed: Client closed from the proxy script and a message in firefox that the proxy rejects that connection - from a arbitrary page.

        And performance is bad. It seems that it lasts very much longer that a page is rendered as without the proxy.

        #!c:/perl/bin/perl.exe
use strict;
use warnings;
use HTTP::Proxy;
my $proxy = HTTP::Proxy->new();
$proxy->port(3128); 
$proxy->start;

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        Best regards, Karl

        «The Crux of the Biscuit is the Apostrophe»

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