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how do i get data from an url with CGI?

menchen
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Feb 25, 2000, 6:57 AM

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how do i get data from an url with CGI?	Can't Post

if given an url, how do i get data from that url and store it on a variable.

example: given url www.yahoo.com, i would like to use CGI to get the all the output of www.yahoo.com and store it on a variable.

thank you

Cure
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Feb 25, 2000, 3:48 PM

Post #2 of 4 (390 views)

Re: how do i get data from an url with CGI? [In reply to]	Can't Post

Hi menchen

example::

#!/usr/bin/perl
use LWP::Simple;
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
$content = get("http://www.yahoo.com");
print "$content\n";

Cure

[This message has been edited by Cure (edited 02-25-2000).]

menchen
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Feb 28, 2000, 7:03 AM

Post #3 of 4 (390 views)

Re: how do i get data from an url with CGI? [In reply to]	Can't Post

thanks so much cure, you just saved my ass. Smile

Cure
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Feb 28, 2000, 9:12 AM

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Re: how do i get data from an url with CGI? [In reply to]	Can't Post

Your Welcome Menchen

Cure

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