Get non transformed XML

[Danikar]

Is there a way to use LWP:Simple to get the source of an XML document without the XSL transformation. Whenever I use get() it gives me the HTML / Javascript output after the XML has been transformed, but if I got to the site and hit view source I can see the XML with no problem. I am sure I am just being dumb and can not find the option, but I have looked =( I must be just missing it.

[erroneousBollock]

Is there a way to use LWP:Simple to get the source of an XML document without the XSL transformation.

I doubt LWP::Simple has anything to do with XSL translation of some XML document loaded by a webserver.

if I got to the site and hit view source I can see the XML with no problem

My intuition is that the webserver is detecting the browser "agent" string and has determined that your browser (LWP::Simple) can't apply the stylesheet itself, so the webserver is doing the translation server-side for you.

Try using LWP::UserAgent and:

$ua->agent('Mozilla/5.0');

$ua->agent('Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.1) Gecko/2006120418 Firefox/2.0.0.1');

Update: fixed agent string, thanks Gangabass.

-David

[Danikar]

I just tried the code below and recieved the same thing =(

require LWP::UserAgent;

my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new;
$ua->timeout(10);
$ua->env_proxy;
$ua->agent('Mozilla/5.0');

my $response = $ua->get('http://www.wowarmory.com/');

if ($response->is_success) 
{
	print $response->content;  # or whatever
}
else 
{
	die $response->status_line;
}

[Gangabass]

I think this not enough.

Try this UserAgent:

$ua->agent('Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.1
+) Gecko/2006120418 Firefox/2.0.0.1');

If this not help when try UserAgent which your browser send to target site (you can see it with HTTP::Proxy).

[erroneousBollock]

Firefox DownThemAll addon retrieves 183 bytes.
wget retrievies 23k.

I think it's safe to say it's some sort of header :-)

Update: fixed in first reply.

-David