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lwp-request — Simple HTTP client. Built with libwww-perl. More information: <https://metacpan.org/pod/lwp-request>
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lwp-request command: Simple HTTP client. Built with libwww-perl. More information: <https://metacpan.org/pod/lwp-request>.Solution
lwp-request — Simple HTTP client. Built with libwww-perl. More information: <https://metacpan.org/pod/lwp-request>.Make a simple GET request:
lwp-request -m GET {{http://example.com/some/path}}Upload a file with a POST request:
lwp-request < {{path/to/file}} -m POST {{http://example.com/some/path}}Make a request with a custom user agent:
lwp-request -H 'User-Agent: {{user_agent}} -m {{METHOD}} {{http://example.com/some/path}}Make a request with HTTP authentication:
lwp-request -C {{username}}:{{password}} -m {{METHOD}} {{http://example.com/some/path}}Make a request and print request headers:
lwp-request -U -m {{METHOD}} {{http://example.com/some/path}}Make a request and print response headers and status chain:
lwp-request -E -m {{METHOD}} {{http://example.com/some/path}}Code Snippets
Make a simple GET request
lwp-request -m GET {{http://example.com/some/path}}Upload a file with a POST request
lwp-request < {{path/to/file}} -m POST {{http://example.com/some/path}}Make a request with a custom user agent
lwp-request -H 'User-Agent: {{user_agent}} -m {{METHOD}} {{http://example.com/some/path}}Make a request with HTTP authentication
lwp-request -C {{username}}:{{password}} -m {{METHOD}} {{http://example.com/some/path}}Make a request and print request headers
lwp-request -U -m {{METHOD}} {{http://example.com/some/path}}Context
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