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#!/usr/bin/perl -w
#
# post.pl
#
# Make an HTTP POST request in a few lines of perl.
# Why bother with a browser....
#
# Copyright 2001, James Lee
# Released under the GPL.


use HTTP::Request::Common qw(POST);
use LWP::UserAgent;

$ua = LWP::UserAgent->new();
my $req = POST 'http://localhost/cgi-bin/example1.cgi',
             [ name => 'John', phone => '312.555.1212',
               data => 'bad data' ];
$content = $ua->request($req)->as_string;
print $content;