Remote URL
I want to build a web page dynamically with content from several other web sites. I need to be able to fetch the remote URL's content into variables. How do I do that? For starters, I just have a module that just goes and gets a URL and writes that URL back to the browser. Can't even get that to work. I think the hardest thing for me is that there is just no way to debug it. Admittedly, I'm new to this environment but I just getting killed. Very easy thing to do in ASP but I want to use Perl and Apache and Linux. Somebody has to have done this. Paul
RE: Remote URL
Take a look at Apache::ProxyStuff on CPAN. It mau already do what you want it do and if it doesn't it'll give you an idea of how you can do what you want to do. On 14-Apr-2000 Paul McCumber wrote: I want to build a web page dynamically with content from several other web sites. I need to be able to fetch the remote URL's content into variables. How do I do that? For starters, I just have a module that just goes and gets a URL and writes that URL back to the browser. Can't even get that to work. I think the hardest thing for me is that there is just no way to debug it. Admittedly, I'm new to this environment but I just getting killed. Very easy thing to do in ASP but I want to use Perl and Apache and Linux. Somebody has to have done this. Paul -- Jason Bodnar + [EMAIL PROTECTED] + Tivoli Systems Mr. Scorpio says productivity is up 2% and it's all because of my motivational techniques, like donuts and the possibility of more donuts to come. -- Homer Simpson You Only Move Twice
Re: Remote URL
On Fri, 14 Apr 2000, Paul McCumber wrote: I want to build a web page dynamically with content from several other web sites. I need to be able to fetch the remote URL's content into variables. How do I do that? For starters, I just have a module that just goes and gets a URL and writes that URL back to the browser. Can't even get that to work. I think the hardest thing for me is that there is just no way to debug it. Admittedly, I'm new to this environment but I just getting killed. Very easy thing to do in ASP but I want to use Perl and Apache and Linux. well, this isn't really mod_perl, just perl. if you're having trouble debugging (yes, mod_perl is a bit more of a challenge to debug, having to restart your server b/w code changes, unless you use StatINC), then i'd recommend writing your first iteration as a straight CGI script, using "strict" and all that good stuff. if it works properly, you could always run it (mostly) unchanged under Apache::Registry. for the fetching of remote web sites: have you tried LWP? very nice package. ky
Re: Remote URL
I want to build a web page dynamically with content from several other web sites. I need to be able to fetch the remote URL's content into variables. How do I do that? This really is not that difficult, and yes, lots of people certainly have done it. You have many options open to you, but the easiest (perhaps) would be to look into using the LWP::* series of modules. These modules have several methods for retrieving and parsing URL's, etc. You can return the result of an HTTP call and save the result as a variable. Also, you can use other methods to strip out HTML, etc. And this just touches the surface of what you can do. I would suggest reading "Web Client Programming with Perl", as well as all the LWP perldoc pages. But, if you cannot even get a simple program to work, your problem lies deeper than a misunderstanding of the tools available to you already. Perhaps if you posted your code in the most simple form in which it is failing, we can help. Jason Simms __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
