LWP::Protocol::Net::Curl: getting the best of the both worlds; available now in a CPAN mirror near you!

1. LWP + libcurl
As simple as setting an environment variable!
Stanislaw Pusep - 2013

2. LWP
a.k.a. libwww-perl

3. LWP
a.k.a. libwww-perl
• Whipuptitude

4. LWP
a.k.a. libwww-perl
• Whipuptitude
• Very popular in the Perl community

5. LWP
a.k.a. libwww-perl
• Whipuptitude
• Very popular in the Perl community
• 1,691 CPAN modules depend on LWP!

6. LWP
a.k.a. libwww-perl
• Whipuptitude
• Very popular in the Perl community
• 1,691 CPAN modules depend on LWP!
• $ perl -MLWP::Simple -E 'get("https://metacpan.org");say~~keys%INC'

7. LWP
a.k.a. libwww-perl
• Whipuptitude
• Very popular in the Perl community
• 1,691 CPAN modules depend on LWP!
• $ perl -MLWP::Simple -E 'get("https://metacpan.org");say~~keys%INC'
• Loads 122 modules at runtime :(

8. libcurl

9. libcurl
• Manipulexity

10. libcurl
• Manipulexity
• Dozens of protocols supported out-of-box!

11. libcurl
• Manipulexity
• Dozens of protocols supported out-of-box!
• Very popular outside of the Perl
community

12. libcurl
• Manipulexity
• Dozens of protocols supported out-of-box!
• Very popular outside of the Perl
community
• Many options!

13. libcurl
• Manipulexity
• Dozens of protocols supported out-of-box!
• Very popular outside of the Perl
community
• Many options!
• Too many options :(

14. cpanm LWP::Protocol::Net::Curl

15. cpanm LWP::Protocol::Net::Curl
• use LWP::Protocol::Net::Curl;

16. cpanm LWP::Protocol::Net::Curl
• use LWP::Protocol::Net::Curl;
• No black magic!

17. cpanm LWP::Protocol::Net::Curl
• use LWP::Protocol::Net::Curl;
• No black magic!
• Except...

18. cpanm LWP::Protocol::Net::Curl
• use LWP::Protocol::Net::Curl;
• No black magic!
• Except...
• PERL5OPT=-MLWP::Protocol::Net::Curl ...

19. cpanm LWP::Protocol::Net::Curl
• use LWP::Protocol::Net::Curl;
• No black magic!
• Except...
• PERL5OPT=-MLWP::Protocol::Net::Curl ...
• PERL5OPT=-MLWP::Protocol::Net::Curl=verbose,0 ...

20. cpanm LWP::Protocol::Net::Curl
• use LWP::Protocol::Net::Curl;
• No black magic!
• Except...
• PERL5OPT=-MLWP::Protocol::Net::Curl ...
• PERL5OPT=-MLWP::Protocol::Net::Curl=verbose,0 ...
• This way, passes LWP & WWW::Mechanize
tests!

21. Thank you!
• cpan.me/LWP::Protocol::Net::Curl
• github.com/creaktive