Reference: HTTP
Author: Ellen Siever, Stephen Spainhour & Nathan Patwardhan
Date: 1999-07-02T01:59:30Z

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| Chapter 19 Win32 Modules and Extensions |

## 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.

Reference: GetStatusCallback |  | Reference: OpenURL