>>>>> "PW" == Peter Wood <[email protected]> writes:
PW> Hi all, PW> I'm working on a project that involves making web service requests from PW> a Perl application. I've been using LWP to make the requests, which PW> works fine, but I'm wondering if there isn't a more lightweight module I PW> could use. The web service requests need to go over an HTTPS channel, so PW> whichever solution I use needs to support it. I had thought about PW> writing my own barebones implementation using IO::Socket, but I'm not PW> sure how to go about implementing HTTPS support. https is just http over an ssl socket with a different port than http. you can use IO::Socket::SSL for that. but the problems you will run into are wide and varied which is why LWP is so large. if you know your http transactions will be very basic and not need help, it is easy to write a simple module. but it is so easy to get things wrong and when it gets more complicated, you will want LWP. uri -- Uri Guttman ------ [email protected] -------- http://www.sysarch.com -- ----- Perl Code Review , Architecture, Development, Training, Support ------ --------- Gourmet Hot Cocoa Mix ---- http://bestfriendscocoa.com --------- _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
