[LWP::UserAgent] Send POST request and ignore response

Gangabass has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Dear Monks,

I need to post a big list of networks into admin section of some website. And i use LWP::UserAgent for this.

        $req = HTTP::Request->new( POST => "http://www.somesite.com/in
+dex.php?admin/networks" );
        $req->content_type('application/x-www-form-urlencoded');
        $req->content("name=$name&address=$address&zip=$zip&savenetwor
+k=Save+Network");
        $res = $ua->request($req);
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But then i post one network i get list of all inserted network in the response web page. And more data i insert then more data i recieve as response. So i have small request and big (1+ Mb) response.

So my question is: is there a way to POST data and ignore response?

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Re: [LWP::UserAgent] Send POST request and ignore response by ikegami (Patriarch) on May 10, 2008 at 15:03 UTC
Off topic, here's a better way to create your request: `use HTTP::Request::Common qw( POST ); $req = POST 'http://www.somesite.com/index.php?admin/networks', [ name => $name, address => $address, zip => $zip, savenetwork => 'Save Network', ];` [download] It creates an HTTP::Request object as before. The advantages is that it handles encoding for you and it's easier to read.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: [LWP::UserAgent] Send POST request and ignore response by rhesa (Vicar) on May 10, 2008 at 14:16 UTC
Set the chunk size to a low value, and add a callback to the request that dies immediately. That will abort the response after the first chunk has been read. Example: `# read response in chunks of 10 bytes, with a callback function # that dies when receiving the first chunk. This aborts reception # of the entire response. $ua->request( $req, sub { die }, 10 );` [download]	[reply] [d/l]


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