Thank you. I will try your example and check the lwpcook. The file name is available, and I guess the server sets the appropriate header for doing that and I will try to verify it.
Teddy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Monroe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 3:56 PM Subject: Re: Using the post method for downloading a file > Octavian Rasnita wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I am fighting to create a simple script for downloading a file from a > > server, but I cannot do it. > [snip] > > 1. I don't know where I can put the form fields I want to use for the post > > method (r=300 ), > > see 'perldoc lwpcook' -->> 'POST' section > my $req = HTTP::Request->new(POST => > 'http://www.perl.com/cgi-bin/BugGlimpse'); > $req->content_type('application/x-www-form-urlencoded'); > $req->content('match=www&errors=0'); > > in your example: > my $req = HTTP::Request->new(POST => $url); > $req->content_type('application/x-www-form-urlencoded'); > $req->content('r=300'); > > > and I also don't know how to get the file name of the file > > given by the server, in order to use that name for the downloaded file. > > Filename may not even be available if the output of the server script is > simply a Content-Type: header followed by content. You need to do some > more investigation and/or provide more detail. > >
