From jan at sportz.co.za  Wed Nov 12 10:48:57 2003
From: jan at sportz.co.za (jan@sportz.co.za)
Date: Mon Aug  2 21:40:02 2004
Subject: [Za-pm] HTTP requests from PERL
Message-ID: <E1AJyAr-0000qr-0C@yourhostingaccount.com>

I hope that someone can give me some advise or direct me to further information:

I am currently working on a MOD that will enable SMS (Short Message Services) from a PERL based portal solution. In the process I have to interrogate a SMSC (Short Message Service Center) Server of one of the local Mobile Operators for available credits, routing path etc. All this interrogation is done via normal HTTP requests/commands. My problem is that my knowledge of PERL and HTTP is not enough (yet), so I am having quite a tough time. If anybody can put me on the right track, then I will be grateful: 

When I send the command directly from a browser: http://mobile.net:5544/api/submission/credits/get_credit.mc?usr=XXXX&pass=XXXXX&msg_id=XXXXXX then the SMSC responds in the format CREDIT_COUNT<pipe>AVAILABLE_DAYS<pipe>REFERENCE for example: 200.2<pipe>25<pipe>FDH889H 

How do I execute this HTTP command from within my PERL code (without using a HTML form), and how do I capture the response from the SMSC in a variable? 

Any/all advice will be appreciated! 

Regards
Jan


From nick at cleaton.net  Wed Nov 12 11:10:50 2003
From: nick at cleaton.net (Nick Cleaton)
Date: Mon Aug  2 21:40:02 2004
Subject: [Za-pm] HTTP requests from PERL
In-Reply-To: <E1AJyAr-0000qr-0C@yourhostingaccount.com>
References: <E1AJyAr-0000qr-0C@yourhostingaccount.com>
Message-ID: <20031112171050.GE484@lt1.cleaton.net>

On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 11:48:57AM -0500, jan@sportz.co.za wrote:

> How do I execute this HTTP command from within my PERL code (without
> using a HTML form), and how do I capture the response from the SMSC
> in a variable? 

The LWP::UserAgent module does that stuff.

--
Nick

From christiaan at jib.co.za  Wed Nov 12 11:12:43 2003
From: christiaan at jib.co.za (Christiaan (JIB))
Date: Mon Aug  2 21:40:02 2004
Subject: [Za-pm] HTTP requests from PERL
In-Reply-To: <E1AJyAr-0000qr-0C@yourhostingaccount.com>
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Jan hi

This is quite an easy process - if I dare so myself 

You would want to use LWP::UserAgent or LWP::Simple

I use it in conjunction with HTML::Form and HTML::Parser

Read up about these 4 and you will get a clear idea 

If you don't come right give me a shout

Cheers


   
   Christiaan Engelbrecht

   Just Intelligent Business (PTY) Ltd

   Tel: 021 686 1620 ext 206

   Fax: 021 686 8385

   Cell: 083 395 6787 
 
 

 


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Subject: [Za-pm] HTTP requests from PERL

I hope that someone can give me some advise or direct me to further
information:

I am currently working on a MOD that will enable SMS (Short Message
Services) from a PERL based portal solution. In the process I have to
interrogate a SMSC (Short Message Service Center) Server of one of the local
Mobile Operators for available credits, routing path etc. All this
interrogation is done via normal HTTP requests/commands. My problem is that
my knowledge of PERL and HTTP is not enough (yet), so I am having quite a
tough time. If anybody can put me on the right track, then I will be
grateful: 


When I send the command directly from a browser:
http://mobile.net:5544/api/submission/credits/get_credit.mc?usr=XXXX&pass=XX
XXX&msg_id=XXXXXX then the SMSC responds in the format
CREDIT_COUNT<pipe>AVAILABLE_DAYS<pipe>REFERENCE for example:
200.2<pipe>25<pipe>FDH889H 

How do I execute this HTTP command from within my PERL code (without using a
HTML form), and how do I capture the response from the SMSC in a variable? 

Any/all advice will be appreciated! 

Regards
Jan

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