DOWNLOAD MEDIA CONTENTS without using LWP module

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can v download media contents and save it in a destination folder without using LWP module??

ive been trying a lot.. got a few codes but its related to cgi.. so was eager to know if i can make it simple somehow as dont know anything about cgi — Ben, Mar 04 '13 at 10:00
i want to automate downloading certain files for my project..@MkV — Ben, Mar 04 '13 at 10:01
can anyone tell me how to copy codes into comment?? it isnt accepting even after deleting characters to compress to the accepted length — Ben, Mar 04 '13 at 10:04
You have given very little information. Please at least say what operating system you are using and explain why you want to avoid `LWP`. Are `HTTP::Client or `HTTP::Lite` acceptable alternatives? — Borodin, Mar 04 '13 at 10:54
sorry for the inconvenience.. im new to perl and yes http::lite is something ive worked with.. i do want to paste the code here but i dont know y its not getting accepted!!! — Ben, Mar 04 '13 at 11:04

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Aug 31 '19 at 13:11

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In Perl, there are many ways of doing that. Neil Bowers made an excellent survey CPAN modules for making HTTP requests; use it as a reference for your needs. In a nutshell:

_{(source: neilb.org)}

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 04 '13 at 10:25

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You could use commandline tools in linux to do this.

Check curl and wget documentation.

On windows you could install cygwin and use linux tools.

Regards,

answered Mar 04 '13 at 10:25

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Like Perl, both Wget and cURL will run happily on Windows if compiled appropriately: there is no need for Cygwin. – Borodin Mar 04 '13 at 11:11
compiled appropriately, tats a lot for a newbie like me... will try though!! thanx! – Ben Mar 04 '13 at 11:13
Pre-built binaries of both are available for download. – Borodin Mar 04 '13 at 11:36
http://www.paehl.com/open_source/?CURL_7.28.1 – user1126070 Mar 04 '13 at 13:32
wget: http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/wget.htm – user1126070 Mar 04 '13 at 13:33

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 04 '13 at 11:04

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Without knowing why you want to avoid LWP it is hard to help.

Coding an HTTP client is far from simple and a module of some sort or an external utility is pretty much essential.

I suggest HTTP::Client, HTTP::Lite or HTTP::Tiny, which are all stand-alone HTTP client modules that don't depend on LWP.

answered Mar 04 '13 at 11:04

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oh... ok.. i think ill search more on these modules.. maybe i missed something! thanx anyway.. @Borodin – Ben Mar 04 '13 at 11:08
*Please* explain why you don't want to use `LWP`. – Borodin Mar 04 '13 at 11:39

DOWNLOAD MEDIA CONTENTS without using LWP module

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