HTTP

$inet->HTTP(httpobject, server, username, password, [port, flags, context])

$inet->HTTP($httpobject, $hashref)

• Opens an HTTP connection to server, logging in with the given username and password. The new connection object is saved as httpobject. The parameters and their values are:
  • server
  • The server to connect to.
  • username
  • The username used to log in to the server. Default is anonymous.
  • password
  • The password used to log in to the server. Default is none.
  • port
  • The port of the HTTP service on the server. Default is 80.
  • flags
  • Additional flags affecting the behavior of the function.
  • context
  • A number to identify this operation if it is asynchronous.

    If you pass a hash reference, the following values are taken from the hash:

    %hash=( "server" => "server", "username" => "username", "password" => "password", "port" => port, "flags" => flags, "context" => context, );
    

    
    
    The HTTP method returns undef if the connection failed, a number otherwise. You can then call any of the HTTP functions as methods of the newly-created httpobject.