Re: Embedding cookies in requests

[Fletch]

$ perldoc lwpcook
[...]
COOKIES
       Some sites like to play games with cookies.  By default
       LWP ignores cookies provided by the servers it visits.
       LWP will collect cookies and respond to cookie requests if
       you set up a cookie jar.

         use LWP::UserAgent;
         use HTTP::Cookies;

         $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new;
         $ua->cookie_jar(HTTP::Cookies->new(file => "lwpcookies.txt",
                                            autosave => 1));

         # and then send requests just as you used to do
         $res = $ua->request(HTTP::Request->new(GET => "http://www.yah
+oo.no"));
         print $res->status_line, "\n";
[...]

Looks rather complete and simple to me. HTTP::Cookies is also well documented.

[Torgo]

Yes, I'm well aware of Cookie::Jar. I'm looking for a solution that will let me send cookies that I create on the fly to simulate different users, not something to store cookies in.
And if I wanted to be talked down to, I would have bought Perl for Dummies.
--
I write the code while the master is away!

[Fletch]

Perhaps if you read the documentation harder, you'd see that HTTP::Cookies has a set_cookie method which allows you to add cookies to a jar dynamically. You then use add_cookie_header to add the correct headers to a request object.

And Perl for Dummies wouldn't help you either if you read it half as well as you've apparently read the HTTP::Cookies and LWP documentation.