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HTTP client request class 2008.01.03 (Default branch)
01-04-2008
HTTP client is a PHP class to make HTTP requests. It can establish connections via a SOCKS server, send requests via a proxy server, and establish secure connections (HTTPS) with optional SSL client certificates. It supports HTTP authentication mechanisms like HTTP Basic, HTTP Digest, and NTLM (Windows or Samba). It submits POST requests with user-defined form values, file uploading, or with user-defined request bodies. It handles cookies and automatic redirection handling. There is an addon class to log in to Yahoo and execute actions on behalf of the user, like exporting the address book or sending invitations to Yahoo groups. License: BSD License (original) Changes:|
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HTTP::Request(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation HTTP::Request(3) NAME
HTTP::Request - Class encapsulating HTTP Requests SYNOPSIS
require HTTP::Request; $request = HTTP::Request->new(GET => 'http://www.oslo.net/'); DESCRIPTION
"HTTP::Request" is a class encapsulating HTTP style requests, consisting of a request line, some headers, and some (potentially empty) con- tent. Note that the LWP library also uses this HTTP style requests for non-HTTP protocols. Instances of this class are usually passed to the "request()" method of an "LWP::UserAgent" object: $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new; $request = HTTP::Request->new(GET => 'http://www.oslo.net/'); $response = $ua->request($request); "HTTP::Request" is a subclass of "HTTP::Message" and therefore inherits its methods. The inherited methods most often used are header(), push_header(), remove_header(), and content(). See HTTP::Message for details. The following additional methods are available: $r = HTTP::Request->new($method, $uri) $r = HTTP::Request->new($method, $uri, $header) $r = HTTP::Request->new($method, $uri, $header, $content) Constructs a new "HTTP::Request" object describing a request on the object $uri using method $method. The $uri argument can be either a string, or a reference to a "URI" object. The optional $header argument should be a reference to an "HTTP::Headers" object. The optional $content argument should be a string. $r->method([$val]) $r->uri([$val]) These methods provide public access to the attributes containing respectively the method of the request and the URI object of the request. If an argument is given the attribute is given that as its new value. If no argument is given the value is not touched. In either case the previous value is returned. The method() method argument should be a string. The uri() method accept both a reference to a URI object and a string as its argument. If a string is given, then it should be parseable as an absolute URI. $r->as_string() Method returning a textual representation of the request. Mainly useful for debugging purposes. It takes no arguments. SEE ALSO
HTTP::Headers, HTTP::Message, HTTP::Request::Common COPYRIGHT
Copyright 1995-2001 Gisle Aas. This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. libwww-perl-5.65 2001-11-15 HTTP::Request(3)