libwww-SSL Post Issue

[AZSTYX]

Hello Perl Mongers!

Environment:
libwww-perl: 5.805
Crypt::SSLeay -- 0.51
OS: Solaris 8
Perl: 5.8.4

Issue Summary:
Issue with SSL POST operation.

I have a script that randomly fails against devices using HTTPS
example: I run the script 3 times aganst the same device and all works
ok. Then the next 3 runs fail. Then the next run works.
I receive these types of messages:
StatusLine[500 Server closed connection without sending any data back]
StatusLine[500 EOF]
When the script is run on our old dev server using libwww-perl: 5.79;
it seems to work everytime ok.
However, it randomly fails when using libwww-perl: 5.803 or 5.805.
Any suggestions on how to debug this?
I would appreciate any feedback at all!
:)

use LWP;
$ua = LWP::UserAgent->new;				# create new user agent object
$url = "$baseUrl$urlConfigFile";		# create URL for getting config ascii
file

# set up HTTP REQUEST object
$httpReq = HTTP::Request->new(POST=>$url) ;			# init Request object
$httpReq-> content_type('application/x-www-form-urlencoded') ;
$httpReq->content('DownloadFormat=ascii');			# pass form variables
$httpReq-> authorization_basic($UID, $upassw) ;		# credentials
$strReq = $httpReq->as_string( );		# debug dump of Request object

print "\nThe Request:\n$strReq\n";
print "\n\nNow get the WSD config ascii file.\n";
print "Submitting browser request using url [$url].\n";

$httpResp = $ua->request($httpReq) ;				# launch request

$statusLine = $httpResp->status_line();
$statusCode = $httpResp->code();
$statusMsg = $httpResp->message();
print "HTTP Response: StatusLine[$statusLine] Code[$statusCode]
Message[$statusMsg]\n";
if ($httpResp->is_success) {
print "Request OK.\n";
}
else {
die "Request failed.\n";
}
# ok, save content to file
open(FILEO, ">$asciiFile") || die "Error $! Could not open file
$asciiFile.\n";
print FILEO $httpResp->content;
close(FILEO);

Example run:

<code>
../getwsd4.pl device-b 10.10.10.10 1900 admin admin
Processing devName [device-b] ip addr [10.10.10.10].
Using libwww-perl-5.803
Output file is [/export/ieapps/local/test/device-b.asc].
Base URL [[url]https://10.10.10.10:1900][/url]

The Request:
POST
[url]https://10.10.10.10:1900/dynamic/File/Configuration/ReceivefromDevice[/url]
Authorization: Basic ZG16c3VwcDpmaXNINHNAIWU=
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

DownloadFormat=ascii



Now get the WSD config ascii file.
Submitting browser request using url
[[url]https://10.10.10.10:1900/dynamic/File/Configuration/ReceivefromDevice][/url].
HTTP Response: StatusLine[500 EOF] Code[500] Message[EOF]
Request failed.

</code>

[Sisyphus]

"AZSTYX" <azstyx@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1154549054.646278.192020@p79g2000cwp.googlegr oups.com...

> Hello Perl Mongers!
>
> Environment:
> libwww-perl: 5.805
> Crypt::SSLeay -- 0.51
> OS: Solaris 8
> Perl: 5.8.4
>
> Issue Summary:
> Issue with SSL POST operation.
>
> I have a script that randomly fails against devices using HTTPS

It's not clear to me at precisely which point the script is failing. Is it
the call to new() ? or perhaps the $ua->request() ? or perhaps something
else ?

I think the first thing to do is to determine just where (in the script) the
rot sets in - by examining (immediately) the return values of such things as
the new() call.

Cheers,
Rob

[AZSTYX]

Sisyphus wrote:

> "AZSTYX" <azstyx@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1154549054.646278.192020@p79g2000cwp.googlegr oups.com...

> > Hello Perl Mongers!
> >
> > Environment:
> > libwww-perl: 5.805
> > Crypt::SSLeay -- 0.51
> > OS: Solaris 8
> > Perl: 5.8.4
> >
> > Issue Summary:
> > Issue with SSL POST operation.
> >
> > I have a script that randomly fails against devices using HTTPS

>
> It's not clear to me at precisely which point the script is failing. Is it
> the call to new() ? or perhaps the $ua->request() ? or perhaps something
> else ?
>

new() is a constructor....it has no return value; the first item with a
return status is the ->request which returns code 500.

> I think the first thing to do is to determine just where (in the script) the
> rot sets in - by examining (immediately) the return values of such things as
> the new() call.
>
> Cheers,
> Rob

[Stephan Titard]

> new() is a constructor....it has no return value; the first item with a
> return status is the ->request which returns code 500.

>> I think the first thing to do is to determine just where (in the script) the
>> rot sets in - by examining (immediately) the return values of such things as
>> the new() call.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Rob

>

not true... new returns $ua, isn'it?
a reference to your user agent

use LWP's debug mode
hth
--stephan