lwp-request

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Simple HTTP client. Built with libwww-perl.

Examples (6)

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