tags:

views:

24

answers:

2
Q: 

How can I redirect 7z-compressed content using LWP::UserAgent as an attachment

I have a perl script which accepts incoming POST and PUT requests from other command line clients, gets the data (gzip) associated with each request and writes out to a seperate file.

I want to extend the script by adding redirect functionality.

Here is what I'm planning to do * Once the data file is written, forward/redirect the file with the same headers(which we received from clients ) to another URL using LWP.

Please let me know about how to do that.

A: 

LWP is a Web client library; I think you want CGI's redirect method or similar.

daxim  2010-08-24 09:58:19
Hi daxim,I guess LWP can also be used from the command line.. any ideas how to use the CGI's redirect with gzip attachment and additional headers.
 2010-08-24 10:53:04
See [creating a standard HTTP header](http://p3rl.org/CGI#CREATING_A_STANDARD_HTTP_HEADER:) and [`Content-Disposition: attachment`](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIME#Content-Disposition). I don't think this attachment business to force a download is of much use, just deliver the file as-is with the appropriate `Content-Type` header.
daxim  2010-08-24 11:32:15
A: 

Thank you for your suggestions

 2010-08-26 13:14:50

related questions

Regex to replace Boolean with bool
How do I lock a file in Perl?
How do you use XML::Parser with Style => 'Objects'
Parsing XML Elements & Attributes with Perl
Regex to match all HTML tags except <p> and </p>
Best way to extract data from a FileMaker Pro database in a script?
What's the fastest way to determine a full URL from a relative URL (given a base URL).
Why can't I connect to my CAS server with Perl's AuthCAS?
Why can't I fetch wikipedia pages with LWP::Simple?
How do I perform a Perl substitution on a string while keeping the original?
How do I read in the contents of a directory in Perl?
How can Perl's system() print the command that it's running?
How can I test STDIN without blocking in Perl?
How do I tell if a variable has a numeric value in Perl?
Why doesn't my Perl map return anything?
How can I determine the type of a blessed reference in Perl?
Parsing attributes with regex in Perl
How do you retrieve selected text using Regex in C#?
Why does the Perl conditional operator not do what I expect?
Class::DBI-like library for php?
How do you create objects in Perl?
How do I remove duplicate items from an array in Perl?
Is The Perl Journal available online?
Can you force either a scalar or array ref to be an array in Perl?
What's the safest way to iterate through the keys of a Perl hash?