On Sat, 9 Feb 2002, Jock Friedly wrote: > I am trying to use Perl's LWP to grab the page > http://www.house.gov/htbin/crsprodget?/ra/RAINDEX. However, I get the > following message: "Permission denied." > > Perhaps this is best explained by describing what happens with Netscape or > Internet Explorer. If I use my usual Web browser to click from > http://www.house.gov/markgreen/crs.htm, where this link is found, the page > is displayed without any problem. However, if I copy the > http://www.house.gov/htbin/crsprodget?/ra/RAINDEX link into a new browser > window, I get the Permission Denied message.
The site is checking the HTTP Referer header. If you set the Referer to "http://www.house.gov/markgreen/crs.htm";, then it works fine with LWP. You can set the Referer using the header() method of HTTP::Request. -- Liam Quinn
