HTTP::Recorder(3pm)					User Contributed Perl Documentation				       HTTP::Recorder(3pm)

NAME

       HTTP::Recorder - record interaction with websites

SYNOPSIS

   Using HTTP::Recorder as a Web Proxy
       Set HTTP::Recorder as the user agent for a proxy, and it rewrites HTTP responses so that additional requests can be recorded.

       The Proxy Script

       For quick start, run the httprecorder script

	   httprecorder

       This will open a local proxy on port 8080, and will dump the recorded traffic to a file named http_traffic in the current directory. use
       the -help parameter for usage info

       Start the proxy script, then change the settings in your web browser so that it will use this proxy for web requests.  For more information
       about proxy settings and the default port, see HTTP::Proxy.

       The script will be recorded in the specified file, and can be viewed and modified via the control panel.

       For better control, use this example:

	   #!/usr/bin/perl

	   use HTTP::Proxy;
	   use HTTP::Recorder;

	   my $proxy = HTTP::Proxy->new();

	   # create a new HTTP::Recorder object
	   my $agent = new HTTP::Recorder;

	   # set the log file (optional)
	   $agent->file("/tmp/myfile");

	   # set HTTP::Recorder as the agent for the proxy
	   $proxy->agent( $agent );

	   # start the proxy
	   $proxy->start();

       Start Recording

       Now you can use your browser as your normally would, and your actions will be recorded in the file you specified.  Alternatively, you can
       start recording from the Control Panel.

       Using the Control Panel

       If you have Javascript enabled in your browser, go to the HTTP::Recorder control URL (http://http-recorder by default), optionally type a
       URL into the "Goto page" field, and click "Go".

       In the new window, interact with web sites as you normally do, including typing a new address into the address field.  The Control Panel
       will be updated after each recorded action.

       The Control Panel allows you to modify, delete, or save your script.

   SSL sessions
       As of version 0.03, HTTP::Recorder can record SSL sessions.

       To begin recording an SSL session, go to the control URL (http://http-recorder/ by default), and enter the initial URL.	Then, interact
       with the web site as usual.

   Script output
       By default, HTTP::Recorder outputs WWW::Mechanize scripts.

       However, you can override HTTP::Recorder::Logger to output other types of scripts.

Functions
   new
       Creates and returns a new HTTP::Recorder object, referred to as the 'agent'.

   $agent->prefix([$value])
       Get or set the prefix string that HTTP::Recorder uses for rewriting responses.

   $agent->control([$value])
       Get or set the URL of the control panel.  By default, the control URL is 'http-recorder'.

       The control URL will display a control panel which will allow you to view and edit the current script.

   $agent->logger([$value])
       Get or set the logger object.  The default logger is a HTTP::Recorder::Logger, which generates WWW::Mechanize scripts.

   $agent->ignore_favicon([0|1])
       Get or set ignore_favicon flag that causes HTTP::Recorder to skip logging requests favicon.ico files.  The value is 1 by default.

   $agent->file([$value])
       Get or set the filename for generated scripts.  The default is '/tmp/scriptfile'.

Bugs, Missing Features, and other Oddities
   Javascript
       WWW::Mechanize can't play back Javascript actions, and HTTP::Recorder doesn't record them.

   Why are my images corrupted?
       HTTP::Recorder only tries to rewrite responses that are of type text/*, which it determines by reading the Content-Type header of the
       HTTP::Response object.  However, if the received image gives the wrong Content-Type header, it may be corrupted by the recorder.  While
       this may not be pleasant to look at, it shouldn't have an effect on your recording session.

See Also
       See also LWP::UserAgent, WWW::Mechanize, HTTP::Proxy.

Requests &; Bugs
       Please submit any feature requests, suggestions, bugs, or patches at http://rt.cpan.org/, or email to bug-HTTP-Recorder@rt.cpan.org.

       If you're submitting a bug of the type "X doesn't record correctly," be sure to include a (preferably short and simple) HTML page that
       demonstrates the problem, and a clear explanation of a) what it does that it shouldn't, and b) what it should do instead.

Author
       Copyright 2003-2005 by Linda Julien <leira@cpan.org>

       Maintained by Shmuel Fomberg <semuelf@cpan.org>

       Released under the GNU Public License.

perl v5.14.2							    2012-04-23						       HTTP::Recorder(3pm)