Re: Win32::Internet fetch url question

EL34 wrote:

Please stop top-posting....

J. Gleixner wrote:
EL34 wrote:
[...]
I am using fetch to open the file.

Next time, show the code that creates $INET.


Is there a way to
see if a files exist on a server or if,
if the internet connection is down or,
any sort of reason why Perl cannot fetch the file within say 10
seconds?


I looked over the win32::internet docs but I don't quite understand how

to go about doing this.
a short example would be much appreciated.
Maybe you should look through the documentation for Win32::Internet,
instead. :-)

I've never used it, however I took a few seconds and searched the
documentation for 'timeout', and found a 'ConnectTimeout' method. That
should provide you with a solution.


> EL34 wrote:
>> Thanks, but that one line does it all, there is no other code exept
>> Use::win32::internet.

Well, there's your problem.

>>
>> I was kind of looking for someone who was familiar with the module and
>> an example, as I stated above.

It seems to be clearly spelled out in the documentation, I don't
need to be familiar with the particular module, if it's well
documented.

>> Please don't get Po'd but your answer was of no help.

Why would I be "Po'd" that I point you right to the method you
need to resolve your stated issue and you say I was no help?

> Use::win32::internet.
use Win32::Internet;

See, this stuff is important. If that's wrong then the one
line from you're script doesn't help anyone figure out
the problem.

> $INET = new Win32::Internet();
> $INET->FetchURL("$FileOnServer");
>
> Actually, here's all that's required to fetch an URL.
> Anyone have a simple working example of using the http session seesion
> code and a way to test if the page can be fetched?
> I'm not sure what I am looking at in the doc's as I stated above.

So you looked at the documentation and found ConnectionTimeout and that didn't help disconnect the connection after a certain amount of time waiting? I don't see that in your code.

You could also look at the test code that comes with that module,
which I found conveniently located on CPAN.

http://search.cpan.org/src/JDB/libwin32-0.26/Internet/test.pl

The "GENERIC URL FETCHER" part...

It's amazing the helpful things you find in the documentation.. :-)

Now, if you come back for more, after that, and top-post your 3-line script saying "It didn't work", then I'll get "Po'd".

Thank You
.

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