Why you use Socket? You can LWP. > I was just wondering how one would go about sending an HTTP request header > to a webserver. > Right now, I have a perl script gather various system information (uptime, > users, load average, etc.) and jumble it into a big, ready to post block. > All I need to make that block to be able to post to a webserver is the > correct HTTP headers to initiate a HTTP connection. > > Heres my socket connection: > > $socket = IO::Socket::INET->new(PeerAddr => $remote_host, > PeerPort => $remote_port, > Proto => "tcp", > Type => SOCK_STREAM) > or die "socket failed\n"; > > I assume thats capable of working with HTTP, assuming correct host and port. > Here is what I want posted to the webserver: > > $body = "?user=$user_email&pass=$user_password&upt=$UPT"; > > Basicaly, username, password, and currently, the uptime value. > To make all this work really, all I need to do is setup the initial HTTP > connection, which I cant find documented anywhere. > If anyone could help me finish this off, I would be most gratefull! > And if you need to see my entire script to understand what I'm doing, I can > do that. > > Brent Jones > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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