On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 21:45:16 -0500 , Matt wrote:
> Thanks. Yes, using Simple. Looking at this.
>
> Can I do something as simple as this?
>
> $rststr = "";
> alarm(60); # set timer for 60 seconds
> $rststr = get("http://"; . $dst . "/request.htm" ); # try to get my data
> alarm(0); # turn off timer
More or less, yes--have you tried it? Also, do consider using 'my' to
declare your variables.
> If the get failed I just want $rststr empty or filled with what data
> was received. Or MUST I define an alarm condition? I am also
> thinking I must wrap this in eval? This is on a linux server. Thanks
> again.
>
Yes, you need to use alarm with LWP::Simple because, well, it's simple.
It isn't very flexible because the API was designed to make it easy to
use. This is the tradeoff of using a ::Simple API--it's not as flexible
as something more complex. This is one of the fundamental tradeoffs of
programming.
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