Re: LWP::Simple request through a proxy

[Abigail-II]

Your code isn't doing an LWP::Simple request. It's doing its request through LWP::UserAgent (LWP::Simple will use LWP::UserAgent itself as well). Do one to three things:

• Forget about LWP::Simple. You seem to cope with LWP::UserAgent fine.
• Use LWP::Simple, and have it export $ua. Set up the proxy through $au, as in your code (But the method above is just as easy).
• Either use LWP::UserAgent or LWP::Simple as described above, and setup the proxy using environment variables and a call to $au -> env_proxy.

Futher note that the second argument of the proxy method must be the proxy you are using - not the site you want to reach via a proxy.

Abigail

[freak]

ok, How to make LWP::Simple to use a proxy (without LWP::UserAgent) OR what should the script be if LWP::Simple uses an LWP::UserAgent proxy ?

[eXile]

You asked this question in this newer node: Re: How to make LWP::Simple use a proxy?, it's answered there.

PS: try to make all your node-titles a bit more descriptive. In my opinion LWP::Simple request through a proxy is a good example of a node title, Connections is not.

[Anonymous Monk]

Step two above is exactly what I wanted but I wasn't quite sure exactly what was required but I am now so for others for future reference:

   # use proxy (comment out if not)
   my %proxy = ( host => 'http://proxy:8080' );

   use LWP::Simple qw(mirror RC_OK RC_NOT_MODIFIED $ua);

   $ua->proxy(http => "$proxy{host}") if (defined $proxy{host});

You can see I'm just interested in using mirror.