I did fairly much the same thing using:
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
require LWP::UserAgent;
require HTTP::Request;
require HTTP::Headers;
require HTTP::Response;
use CGI qw(:standard);
use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser);
Do you need more help?
Martin Cloutier
Lillith Lesanges wrote:
> I'm trying to write a perl client that emulates submitting a form with the
> following fields: a text username, a text password, and a FILE type
> file. If I use a browser, the file gets MIME-encoded (and this is what
> the cgi-bin getting the submission expects).
>
> But I can't figure out how to do this with libwww. The FAQ and lwpcook
> don't have examples of how to do this, just plaintext files. I can send
> plaintext (not helpful), I am connecting to the server (I tested against a
> text-only form), if I send just the file, it doesn't come across right (I
> don't even get headers on the other side! (I am testing this against a
> fake web server that just outputs to file.)), and I can't figure out how
> to make it put the right headers on to handle the MIME. Is there a LWP or
> HTTP routine that will help me that I am somehow overlooking?
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Lillith Lesanges
>
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