NAME Furl - Lightning-fast URL fetcher SYNOPSIS use Furl; my $furl = Furl->new( agent => 'MyGreatUA/2.0', timeout => 10, ); my $res = $furl->get('http://example.com/'); die $res->status_line unless $res->is_success; print $res->content; my $res = $furl->post( 'http://example.com/', # URL [...], # headers [ foo => 'bar' ], # form data (HashRef/FileHandle are also okay) ); # Accept-Encoding is supported but optional $furl = Furl->new( headers => [ 'Accept-Encoding' => 'gzip' ], ); my $body = $furl->get('http://example.com/some/compressed'); DESCRIPTION Furl is yet another HTTP client library. LWP is the de facto standard HTTP client for Perl5, but it is too slow for some critical jobs, and too complex for weekend hacking. Furl resolves these issues. Enjoy it! This library is an alpha software. Any API may change without notice. INTERFACE Class Methods "Furl->new(%args | \%args) :Furl" Creates and returns a new Furl client with *%args*. Dies on errors. *%args* might be: agent :Str = "Furl/$VERSION" timeout :Int = 10 max_redirects :Int = 7 proxy :Str no_proxy :Str headers :ArrayRef Instance Methods "$furl->request(%args) :Furl::Response" Sends an HTTP request to a specified URL and returns a instance of Furl::Response. *%args* might be: scheme :Str = "http" Protocol scheme. May be "http" or "https". host :Str Server host to connect. You must specify at least "host" or "url". port :Int = 80 Server port to connect. The default is 80 on "scheme => 'http'", or 443 on "scheme => 'https'". path_query :Str = "/" Path and query to request. url :Str URL to request. You can use "url" instead of "scheme", "host", "port" and "path_query". headers :ArrayRef HTTP request headers. e.g. "headers => [ 'Accept-Encoding' => 'gzip' ]". content : Str | ArrayRef[Str] | HashRef[Str] | FileHandle Content to request. You must encode all the queries or this method will die, saying "Wide character in ...". "$furl->get($url :Str, $headers :ArrayRef[Str] )" This is an easy-to-use alias to "request()", sending the "GET" method. "$furl->head($url :Str, $headers :ArrayRef[Str] )" This is an easy-to-use alias to "request()", sending the "HEAD" method. "$furl->post($url :Str, $headers :ArrayRef[Str], $content :Any)" This is an easy-to-use alias to "request()", sending the "POST" method. "$furl->put($url :Str, $headers :ArrayRef[Str], $content :Any)" This is an easy-to-use alias to "request()", sending the "PUT" method. "$furl->delete($url :Str, $headers :ArrayRef[Str] )" This is an easy-to-use alias to "request()", sending the "DELETE" method. "$furl->request_with_http_request($req :HTTP::Request)" This is an easy-to-use alias to "request()" with an instance of "HTTP::Request". "$furl->env_proxy()" Loads proxy settings from $ENV{HTTP_PROXY} and $ENV{NO_PROXY}. FAQ I need more speed. See Furl::HTTP, which provides the low level interface of Furl. It is faster than "Furl.pm" since Furl::HTTP does not create response objects. How do you use cookie_jar? Furl does not directly support the cookie_jar option available in LWP. You can use HTTP::Cookies, HTTP::Request, HTTP::Response like following. my $f = Furl->new(); my $cookies = HTTP::Cookies->new(); my $req = HTTP::Request->new(...); $cookies->add_cookie_header($req); my $res = H$f->request_with_http_request($req)->as_http_response; $cookies->extract_cookies($res); # and use $res. AUTHOR Tokuhiro Matsuno Fuji, Goro (gfx) THANKS TO Kazuho Oku mala mattn lestrrat walf443 SEE ALSO LWP Furl::HTTP Furl::Response LICENSE Copyright (C) Tokuhiro Matsuno. This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.