LWP::Request technical question?

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Perlites:

I have a perl program that uses LWP to access an https site. It was
working but a few weeks ago stopped. The remote server is complaining
that my request format is incorrect.

My code section looks like this:

$REQ= POST 'https://www.blah.com',
[ NETCONNECT_TRANSACTION => $DATA ];
$REQ->authorization_basic($USERID,$PASSWD);

$RSP=$UA->request($REQ);

When I print the $REQ as_string it shows the following:

POST https://www.blah.com/netconnect2_0Demo/servlets/NetConnectServlet
Authorization: Basic ZmluZGUGF0Y286SjVsMjEwbW4XYZO=
Content-Length: 2496
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

NETCONNECT_TRANSACTION=%3C%3Fxml+version%3D%221.0%22+encoding%3D%22UTF-8
%22%3F%3E%3CNetConnectRequest+xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blah.com%2FNetConnect%22xmlns%3A
.... etc ...


The webmaster at the remote server is stating that the reason for the
failure is that I DO NOT HAVE an '&' preceeding the
"NETCONNECT_TRANSACTION=" in my request.

So, my question is:

If the request is a POST then is the Ampersand required or automatic?

If it does belong there then what can be done to assure that the
request format is correct (i.e.: proper url_encoding)?

Please advise anyone???

Thanks

B

 

[gnari]

Perlites:

I have a perl program that uses LWP to access an https site. It was
working but a few weeks ago stopped. The remote server is complaining
that my request format is incorrect.

My code section looks like this:

$REQ= POST 'https://www.blah.com',
[ NETCONNECT_TRANSACTION => $DATA ];
$REQ->authorization_basic($USERID,$PASSWD);

$RSP=$UA->request($REQ);

When I print the $REQ as_string it shows the following:

POST https://www.blah.com/netconnect2_0Demo/servlets/NetConnectServlet
Authorization: Basic ZmluZGUGF0Y286SjVsMjEwbW4XYZO=
Content-Length: 2496
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

NETCONNECT_TRANSACTION=%3C%3Fxml+version%3D%221.0%22+encoding%3D%22UTF-8
%22%3F%3E%3CNetConnectRequest+xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blah.com%2FNetConn
ect%22xmlns%3A
... etc ...


The webmaster at the remote server is stating that the reason for the
failure is that I DO NOT HAVE an '&' preceeding the
"NETCONNECT_TRANSACTION=" in my request.

this is nonsense.

what is the exact error message you get.
maybe the error is in the XML you are posting.

gnari

 

[Brian McCauley]

this is nonsense.

If the webmaster is admitting that there's a bug in his server I would
not be inclined to dismiss it as "nonsense" without some futher
evidence.

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