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THX
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Jun 20, 2010, 8:30 AM

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$UA->GET gives invalid header	Can't Post

Hello,

i am trying to make a GET request on a webpage, using the following code:

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my $dump = $ua->get('http://www.foo.bar/Foo_Bar.asp', ['idx' => $RIDX, 'ID' => $ID, 'Target' => 'Mem']);

When i make the request i only get "<h1>Bad Request (Invalid Header Name)</h1>" back. Anyone has any idea why?

Thx.

shawnhcorey
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Jun 20, 2010, 9:36 AM

Post #2 of 6 (685 views)

Re: [THX] $UA->GET gives invalid header [In reply to]	Can't Post

Remove the square brackets:

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my $dump = $ua->get('http://www.foo.bar/Foo_Bar.asp', 'idx' => $RIDX, 'ID' => $ID, 'Target' => 'Mem' );

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THX
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Jun 20, 2010, 9:44 AM

Post #3 of 6 (682 views)

Re: [shawnhcorey] $UA->GET gives invalid header [In reply to]	Can't Post

Problem is that when i do it without the brackets it gives me

alert("Please fill in all fields");

I am 100% sure that the idx, ID and Target are the only forms i should be sending. Because when i do it from my browser it works perfectly fine. Just in Perl it doesn't work.

(This post was edited by THX on Jun 21, 2010, 2:55 AM)

shawnhcorey
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Jun 20, 2010, 11:27 AM

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Re: [THX] $UA->GET gives invalid header [In reply to]	Can't Post

In Reply To

Problem is that when i do it without the brackets it gives me

alert("Please fill in all fields");

I am 100% sure that the idx, ID and Target are the only forms i should be sending. Because when i do it from my browser it works perfectly fine. Just in Perl it doesn't work.

Also the sites u gave me are down for me, like a lot of other sites. I think there's a big routing problem somewhere.

That message is being returned by "Foo_Bar.asp" Since I don't know what it is, I can't tell you what is missing. Also, it looks like Javascript, not something you would expect back from a normal HTTP request. As such, I would look through any Javascript files the site may run in case one of them sets a field in them.

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THX
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Jun 20, 2010, 11:45 AM

Post #5 of 6 (672 views)

Re: [shawnhcorey] $UA->GET gives invalid header [In reply to]	Can't Post

In Reply To

Problem is that when i do it without the brackets it gives me

alert("Please fill in all fields");

I am 100% sure that the idx, ID and Target are the only forms i should be sending. Because when i do it from my browser it works perfectly fine. Just in Perl it doesn't work.

Also the sites u gave me are down for me, like a lot of other sites. I think there's a big routing problem somewhere.

The ASP script basically checks if all the values are filled in, if they are not, it will give u a warning message with Javascript, the one i showed u in the previous post. And i'm 100% sure the fields i put there are the only ones who need to be filled in. This makes me think something is wrong with the GET request.

THX
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Jun 21, 2010, 12:07 PM

Post #6 of 6 (656 views)

Re: [THX] $UA->GET gives invalid header [In reply to]	Can't Post

Small bump, anyone? :-)

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