Steve Sotis wrote:
>
> $Bill / Brian,
>
> I think both of you responded directly to me, instead of through the list
> and, although you both had some nice code, I *think* (but could be wrong)
> that they missed the point of the question.
Maybe the question wasn't pointy enough since we both missed it. :)
> Both of your solutions are opening files that are local. That was the whole
> point of the question. All my server (and therefore my script) has is the
> URL to an image on a remote server.
>
> If my insecure, paranoid server/script outputs HTML that includes an IMG
> tag with the remote image URL, then it works fine because the remote server
> simply serves the image to the browser.
>
> If, however, my secure server/script outputs HTML that includes an IMG tag
> with the remote image URL, then a broken link appears in the browser and,
> if browser warnings are not turned off, then the browser complains that the
> secure page contains insecure, paranoid elements.
>
> Therefore, I think I (meaning my secure server and script) have to "obtain"
> these images on the fly, and then use code similar to what you sent me.
>
> So, the original question remains. Is there sample code available for
> "obtaining" these images, as well as for checking these images on the fly
> to see if I need to re-download them, etc.
Why not just use LWP::Simple to retrieve the image and store it?
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