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HTTP::Request(3pm) |
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HTTP::Request − HTTP style request message
require HTTP::Request; $request = HTTP::Request−>new(GET => 'http://www.example.com/');
and usually used like this:
$ua = LWP::UserAgent−>new; $response = $ua−>request($request);
"HTTP::Request" is a class encapsulating HTTP style requests, consisting of a request line, some headers, and a content body. Note that the LWP library uses HTTP style requests even for non-HTTP protocols. Instances of this class are usually passed to the request() method of an "LWP::UserAgent" object.
"HTTP::Request"
is a subclass of "HTTP::Message" and
therefore inherits its methods. The following additional
methods are available:
$r = HTTP::Request−>new( $method, $uri )
$r = HTTP::Request−>new( $method, $uri, $header )
$r = HTTP::Request−>new( $method, $uri, $header,
$content )
Constructs a new "HTTP::Request" object describing a request on the object $uri using method $method. The $method argument must be a string. The $uri argument can be either a string, or a reference to a "URI" object. The optional $header argument should be a reference to an "HTTP::Headers" object or a plain array reference of key/value pairs. The optional $content argument should be a string of bytes.
$r = HTTP::Request−>parse( $str )
This constructs a new request object by parsing the given string.
$r−>method
$r−>method( $val )
This is used to get/set the method attribute. The method should be a short string like " GET ", " HEAD ", " PUT " or " POST ".
$r−>uri
$r−>uri( $val )
This is used to get/set the uri attribute. The $val can be a reference to a URI object or a plain string. If a string is given, then it should be parseable as an absolute URI .
$r−>header( $field )
$r−>header( $field => $value )
This is used to get/set header values and it is inherited from "HTTP::Headers" via "HTTP::Message". See HTTP::Headers for details and other similar methods that can be used to access the headers.
$r−>accept_decodable
This will set the "Accept−Encoding" header to the list of encodings that decoded_content() can decode.
$r−>content
$r−>content( $bytes )
This is used to get/set the content and it is inherited from the "HTTP::Message" base class. See HTTP::Message for details and other methods that can be used to access the content.
Note that the content should be a string of bytes. Strings in perl can contain characters outside the range of a byte. The "Encode" module can be used to turn such strings into a string of bytes.
$r−>as_string
$r−>as_string( $eol )
Method returning a textual representation of the request.
HTTP::Headers, HTTP::Message, HTTP::Request::Common, HTTP::Response
Copyright 1995−2004 Gisle Aas.
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
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