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Perl Script - Pull web page?

 


mike robb
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Aug 20, 2000, 1:40 PM

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Perl Script - Pull web page? Can't Post
I am trying to pull a web page from a file on another server into an array.

I need to do some pre-processing on the page before sending it to the client(user).

Any ideas?

Thanks Smile

--Mike


perlkid
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Aug 20, 2000, 8:06 PM

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Re: Perl Script - Pull web page? [In reply to] Can't Post
 
Hey Mike, How's it goin?

I have an idea.

Try using LWP::Simple;

like so,

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans serif">code:</font><HR>


use LWP::Simple;
$content = get("http://www.site.com");
</pre><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Now you can do whatever you want to the html of the web site wich is stored in $content.

If you want to you can even add the line

push(@array, $content);

If you want to treat the html as an array.

Hope That helps,

Perlkid


mike robb
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Aug 21, 2000, 7:54 AM

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Re: Perl Script - Pull web page? [In reply to] Can't Post
Thanks!


ka0osk
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Aug 30, 2000, 6:21 AM

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Re: Perl Script - Pull web page? [In reply to] Can't Post
Going further, how could you then pull .gifs and save them to the local server? I want to pull in the pics for my local work screens (radar images etc..) in a home automation Perl thingy I'm doing.


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John (ka0osk@netscape.net)


dws
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Sep 1, 2000, 4:41 PM

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Re: Perl Script - Pull web page? [In reply to] Can't Post
See perlkid's reply above. LWP::get() works for GIFs too.


Cure
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Sep 2, 2000, 10:01 PM

Post #6 of 7 (952 views)
Re: Perl Script - Pull web page? [In reply to] Can't Post
LWP::get(); <----- doesnt make sense Smile

LWP::Simple module has a get() function which will fetch the document identified by the given URL and return it. It returns undef if it fails. The $url argument can
be either a simple string or a reference to a URI object.


The LWP::Simple module also has a getprint() which will get and print a document identified by a URL. The document is printed
to STDOUT as data is received from the network. If the request fails, then the status code and message are printed on STDERR. The return value is the HTTP response code.

If you need more control or access to the header fields in the requests sent and responses received you should use the full object oriented interface provided by the LWP::UserAgent module.


Cure

[This message has been edited by Cure (edited 09-03-2000).]


ka0osk
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Sep 5, 2000, 4:52 AM

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Re: Perl Script - Pull web page? [In reply to] Can't Post
The gif solution involved mirror() in the LWP, and works great. - Thanks for all your help!



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John (ka0osk@netscape.net)

 
 


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