i need a http perl script

hi all

it's been years since i've worked with perl, so i'd rather use prefad code.
i've got a client who is concerned that a perl http client could login to
his server and query a set of forms, downloading all the data. i'm writing
some asp code to limit the number of queries that can be run within a set
time frame, and think this should work fine, but would like to be able to
test my code. does anybody know where i can find a perl script that can
connect to a web site, login with username/password, and make requests of a
form?

tks

Nancy Drew wrote (to this group as well as comp.lang.perl):
> hi all

Do not multi-post!

http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/http/crospost.html

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"Nancy Drew" <genpub5@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> it's been years since i've worked with perl, so i'd rather use prefad
> code.
> i've got a client who is concerned that a perl http client could login to
> his server and query a set of forms, downloading all the data. i'm writing
> some asp code to limit the number of queries that can be run within a set
> time frame, and think this should work fine, but would like to be able to
> test my code. does anybody know where i can find a perl script that can
> connect to a web site, login with username/password, and make requests of
> a
> form?

There is a package on cpan.org called LWP that implements that sort of
functionality. From there it is a simple matter to write a program that
calls LWP and uses it to login to remote sites and retrieve data from them.

Andrew Bryson
http://www.bryson.co.nz