# # $Id: Simple.pm,v 1.19 1996/07/23 19:29:24 aas Exp $ =head1 NAME get, head, getprint, getstore, mirror - Procedural LWP interface =head1 SYNOPSIS perl -MLWP::Simple -e 'getprint "http://www.sn.no"' use LWP::Simple; $content = get("http://www.sn.no/") if (mirror("http://www.sn.no/", "foo") == RC_NOT_MODIFIED) { ... } if (is_success(getprint("http://www.sn.no/"))) { ... } =head1 DESCRIPTION This interface is intended for those who want a simplified view of the libwww-perl library. This interface should also be suitable for one-liners. If you need more control or access to the header fields in the requests sent and responses received you should use the full OO interface provided by the LWP::UserAgent module. This following functions are provided (and exported) by this module: =over 3 =item get($url) This function will get the document identified by the given URL. The get() function will return the document if successful or 'undef' if it fails. The $url argument can be either a simple string or a reference to a URI::URL object. You will not be able to examine the response code or response headers (like I) when you are accessing the web using this function. If you need this you should use the full OO interface. =item head($url) Get document headers. Returns the following values if successful: ($content_type, $document_length, $modified_time, $expires, $server) Returns an empty list if it fails. =item getprint($url) Get and print a document identified by a URL. The document is printet on STDOUT. The error message (formatted as HTML) is printed on STDERR if the request fails. The return value is the HTTP response code. =item getstore($url, $file) Gets a document identified by a URL and stores it in the file. The return value is the HTTP response code. =item mirror($url, $file) Get and store a document identified by a URL, using I, and checking of the I. Returns the HTTP response code. =back This module also exports the HTTP::Status constants and procedures. These can be used when you check the response code from getprint(), getstore() and mirror(). The constants are: RC_CONTINUE RC_SWITCHING_PROTOCOLS RC_OK RC_CREATED RC_ACCEPTED RC_NON_AUTHORITATIVE_INFORMATION RC_NO_CONTENT RC_RESET_CONTENT RC_PARTIAL_CONTENT RC_MULTIPLE_CHOICES RC_MOVED_PERMANENTLY RC_MOVED_TEMPORARILY RC_SEE_OTHER RC_NOT_MODIFIED RC_USE_PROXY RC_BAD_REQUEST RC_UNAUTHORIZED RC_PAYMENT_REQUIRED RC_FORBIDDEN RC_NOT_FOUND RC_METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED RC_NOT_ACCEPTABLE RC_PROXY_AUTHENTICATION_REQUIRED RC_REQUEST_TIMEOUT RC_CONFLICT RC_GONE RC_LENGTH_REQUIRED RC_PRECONDITION_FAILED RC_REQUEST_ENTITY_TOO_LARGE RC_REQUEST_URI_TOO_LARGE RC_UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE RC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR RC_NOT_IMPLEMENTED RC_BAD_GATEWAY RC_SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE RC_GATEWAY_TIMEOUT RC_HTTP_VERSION_NOT_SUPPORTED The HTTP::Status classification functions are: =over 3 =item is_success($rc) Check if response code indicated successfull request. =item is_error($rc) Check if response code indicated that an error occured. =back The module will also export the LWP::UserAgent object as C<$ua> if you ask for it explicitly. The user agent created by this module will identify itself as "LWP::Simple/0.00" and will initialize its proxy defaults from the environment (by calling $ua->env_proxy). =head1 SEE ALSO L, L, L, L, L =cut package LWP::Simple; require Exporter; @ISA = qw(Exporter); @EXPORT = qw(get head getprint getstore mirror); # note additions below @EXPORT_OK = qw($ua); # We also export everything from HTTP::Status use HTTP::Status; push(@EXPORT, @HTTP::Status::EXPORT); require LWP; require LWP::UserAgent; use HTTP::Date qw(str2time); use Carp; $ua = new LWP::UserAgent; # we create a global UserAgent object $ua->agent("LWP::Simple/$LWP::VERSION"); $ua->env_proxy; sub get ($) { my($url) = @_; my $request = new HTTP::Request 'GET', $url; my $response = $ua->request($request); return $response->content if $response->is_success; return undef; } sub head ($) { my($url) = @_; my $request = new HTTP::Request HEAD => $url; my $response = $ua->request($request); if ($response->is_success) { return $response unless wantarray; return ($response->header('Content-Type'), $response->header('Content-Length'), str2time($response->header('Last-Modified')), str2time($response->header('Expires')), $response->header('Server'), ); } else { return wantarray ? () : ''; } } sub getprint ($) { my($url) = @_; my $request = new HTTP::Request 'GET', $url; my $response = $ua->request($request); local($\) = ""; # ensure standard $OUTPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR if ($response->is_success) { print $response->content; } else { print STDERR $response->error_as_HTML; } $response->code; } sub getstore ($$) { my($url, $file) = @_; my $request = new HTTP::Request 'GET', $url; my $response = $ua->request($request, $file); $response->code; } sub mirror ($$) { my($url, $file) = @_; my $response = $ua->mirror($url, $file); $response->code; } 1;