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.IX Title "LWP::Simple 3"
.TH LWP::Simple 3 "2004-04-06" "perl v5.8.4" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
.SH "NAME"
LWP::Simple \- simple procedural interface to LWP
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
.Vb 1
\& perl -MLWP::Simple -e 'getprint "http://www.sn.no"'
.Ve
.PP
.Vb 3
\& use LWP::Simple;
\& $content = get("http://www.sn.no/");
\& die "Couldn't get it!" unless defined $content;
.Ve
.PP
.Vb 3
\& if (mirror("http://www.sn.no/", "foo") == RC_NOT_MODIFIED) {
\&     ...
\& }
.Ve
.PP
.Vb 3
\& if (is_success(getprint("http://www.sn.no/"))) {
\&     ...
\& }
.Ve
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
This module is meant for people who want a simplified view of the
libwww-perl library.  It should also be suitable for one\-liners.  If
you need more control or access to the header fields in the requests
sent and responses received, then you should use the full object-oriented
interface provided by the \f(CW\*(C`LWP::UserAgent\*(C'\fR module.
.PP
The following functions are provided (and exported) by this module:
.IP "get($url)" 3
.IX Item "get($url)"
The \fIget()\fR function will fetch the document identified by the given \s-1URL\s0
and return it.  It returns \f(CW\*(C`undef\*(C'\fR if it fails.  The \f(CW$url\fR argument can
be either a simple string or a reference to a \s-1URI\s0 object.
.Sp
You will not be able to examine the response code or response headers
(like 'Content\-Type') when you are accessing the web using this
function.  If you need that information you should use the full \s-1OO\s0
interface (see LWP::UserAgent).
.IP "head($url)" 3
.IX Item "head($url)"
Get document headers. Returns the following 5 values if successful:
($content_type, \f(CW$document_length\fR, \f(CW$modified_time\fR, \f(CW$expires\fR, \f(CW$server\fR)
.Sp
Returns an empty list if it fails.  In scalar context returns \s-1TRUE\s0 if
successful.
.IP "getprint($url)" 3
.IX Item "getprint($url)"
Get and print a document identified by a \s-1URL\s0. The document is printed
to the selected default filehandle for output (normally \s-1STDOUT\s0) as
data is received from the network.  If the request fails, then the
status code and message are printed on \s-1STDERR\s0.  The return value is
the \s-1HTTP\s0 response code.
.ie n .IP "getstore($url, $file)" 3
.el .IP "getstore($url, \f(CW$file\fR)" 3
.IX Item "getstore($url, $file)"
Gets a document identified by a \s-1URL\s0 and stores it in the file. The
return value is the \s-1HTTP\s0 response code.
.ie n .IP "mirror($url, $file)" 3
.el .IP "mirror($url, \f(CW$file\fR)" 3
.IX Item "mirror($url, $file)"
Get and store a document identified by a \s-1URL\s0, using
\&\fIIf-modified-since\fR, and checking the \fIContent-Length\fR.  Returns
the \s-1HTTP\s0 response code.
.PP
This module also exports the HTTP::Status constants and procedures.
You can use them when you check the response code from \fIgetprint()\fR,
\&\fIgetstore()\fR or \fImirror()\fR.  The constants are:
.PP
.Vb 37
\&   RC_CONTINUE
\&   RC_SWITCHING_PROTOCOLS
\&   RC_OK
\&   RC_CREATED
\&   RC_ACCEPTED
\&   RC_NON_AUTHORITATIVE_INFORMATION
\&   RC_NO_CONTENT
\&   RC_RESET_CONTENT
\&   RC_PARTIAL_CONTENT
\&   RC_MULTIPLE_CHOICES
\&   RC_MOVED_PERMANENTLY
\&   RC_MOVED_TEMPORARILY
\&   RC_SEE_OTHER
\&   RC_NOT_MODIFIED
\&   RC_USE_PROXY
\&   RC_BAD_REQUEST
\&   RC_UNAUTHORIZED
\&   RC_PAYMENT_REQUIRED
\&   RC_FORBIDDEN
\&   RC_NOT_FOUND
\&   RC_METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED
\&   RC_NOT_ACCEPTABLE
\&   RC_PROXY_AUTHENTICATION_REQUIRED
\&   RC_REQUEST_TIMEOUT
\&   RC_CONFLICT
\&   RC_GONE
\&   RC_LENGTH_REQUIRED
\&   RC_PRECONDITION_FAILED
\&   RC_REQUEST_ENTITY_TOO_LARGE
\&   RC_REQUEST_URI_TOO_LARGE
\&   RC_UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE
\&   RC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR
\&   RC_NOT_IMPLEMENTED
\&   RC_BAD_GATEWAY
\&   RC_SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE
\&   RC_GATEWAY_TIMEOUT
\&   RC_HTTP_VERSION_NOT_SUPPORTED
.Ve
.PP
The HTTP::Status classification functions are:
.IP "is_success($rc)" 3
.IX Item "is_success($rc)"
True if response code indicated a successful request.
.IP "is_error($rc)" 3
.IX Item "is_error($rc)"
True if response code indicated that an error occurred.
.PP
The module will also export the LWP::UserAgent object as \f(CW$ua\fR if you
ask for it explicitly.
.PP
The user agent created by this module will identify itself as
\&\*(L"LWP::Simple/#.##\*(R" (where \*(L"#.##\*(R" is the libwww-perl version number)
and will initialize its proxy defaults from the environment (by
calling \f(CW$ua\fR\->env_proxy).
.SH "CAVEAT"
.IX Header "CAVEAT"
Note that if you are using both LWP::Simple and the very popular \s-1CGI\s0.pm
module, you may be importing a \f(CW\*(C`head\*(C'\fR function from each module,
producing a warning like \*(L"Prototype mismatch: sub main::head ($) vs
none\*(R". Get around this problem by just not importing LWP::Simple's
\&\f(CW\*(C`head\*(C'\fR function, like so:
.PP
.Vb 2
\&        use LWP::Simple qw(!head);
\&        use CGI qw(:standard);  # then only CGI.pm defines a head()
.Ve
.PP
Then if you do need LWP::Simple's \f(CW\*(C`head\*(C'\fR function, you can just call
it as \f(CW\*(C`LWP::Simple::head($url)\*(C'\fR.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
\&\s-1LWP\s0, lwpcook, LWP::UserAgent, HTTP::Status, lwp-request,
lwp-mirror