[sf-perl] curl in perl

[Michael Friedman]

Sure, but it won't handle any state for you, since you'll be calling  
it separately each time. If you want to save cookies, for example, you  
will need to use a more full-featured Perl implementation. (There are  
many, of which LWP is one.)

-- Mike

On May 13, 2008, at 1:30 PM, Neil Heller wrote:

> With curl, can you use it in a conversational-type script where:
>   You send something
>   The host responds
>   You read the response and respond to the host
>
> Neil Heller
>
>
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> Steve Fink
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>
> On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 8:31 PM, Neil Heller <nheller at silcon.com>  
> wrote:
>> If so, what did you use it for?
>
> Access to HTTPS web API calls. Posting files.
>
>> Did you use it from the command line or from a Perl script?
>
> Both.
>
> I've run into issues with it a few times where it hangs, blocking on
> stdin. My suspicion is that some part of the SSL cert stuff is asking
> for a password or something, but I don't really know.
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