On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 7:27 AM, Octavian Rasnita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: "Gisle Aas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > The $ua->timeout() will abort a connection attempt that takes more > > than the given number of seconds, but before LWP start the connect > > call, it looks up the hostname which can take time that's not limited > > by LWP. After the connection has been established, the timeout value > > is used to terminate requests on sockets with no activity (data coming > > back) for the given amount of time. But as long as some data comes in > > at least every timeout sec LWP will keep on processing the requests. > > > > Thank you Gisle. Do you know if I can detect if there is no network > connection or if the requested domain was not found, using other methods > before trying to make the request using LWP? >
You could try to use a module like Net::ADNS (or Net::DNS) to lookup the hostname yourself. If you then replace the hostname with a IP address in the URL you pass to LWP it will bypass the gethostbyname() step that might block. You probably need to set the "Host" header in the request manually if you do this. --Gisle
