Last meeting someone asked about handling HTTPS domains in Perl, specifically using WWW::Mechanize.
Shortest version (for Windows only): 1. Install DWIM Perl. Relatively short version: 1. Install the OpenSSL C development library. I'd be happy if someone shared how to do this on Windows. In Debian (and Debian-based) GNU/Linux you'll need libssl-dev, in RedHat (and RedHat-based) GNU/Linux you'll need openssl-devel. 2. Install Crypt::OpenSSL. 3. Make sure you have LWP::Protocol::https module installed. Done. Long version (explanation): Since WWW::Mechanize is basically a sophisticated wrapper around LWP, it will use LWP::UserAgent. LWP used to be a big library, but now it's split into many little libraries. One of these is the HTTPS protocol library for LWP called LWP::Protocol::https, which is what LWP::UserAgent will use to fetch pages from HTTPS URLs. It will in turn use the OpenSSL library (known by the original name for OpenSSL): Crypt::SSLeay. Since Crypt::SSLeay is basically bindings to the OpenSSL C library, you'll need to have that installed. So, you'll need to install the OpenSSL C library (development files: headers, etc.), the Perl bindings (Crypt::SSLeay), the LWP HTTPS protocol (LWP::Protocol::https) and from that point LWP::UserAgent and WWW::Mechanize will use HTTPS seamlessly. Hope that helps! Sawyer.
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