# NAME
LWP::Protocol::https - Provide https support for LWP::UserAgent
# SYNOPSIS
use LWP::UserAgent;
$ua = LWP::UserAgent->new(ssl_opts => { verify_hostname => 1 });
$res = $ua->get("https://www.example.com");
# specify a CA path
$ua = LWP::UserAgent->new(
ssl_opts => {
SSL_ca_path => '/etc/ssl/certs',
verify_hostname => 1,
}
);
# DESCRIPTION
The LWP::Protocol::https module provides support for using https schemed
URLs with LWP. This module is a plug-in to the LWP protocol handling, so
you don't use it directly. Once the module is installed LWP is able
to access sites using HTTP over SSL/TLS.
If hostname verification is requested by LWP::UserAgent's `ssl_opts`, and
neither `SSL_ca_file` nor `SSL_ca_path` is set, then `SSL_ca_file` is
implied to be the one provided by [Mozilla::CA](https://metacpan.org/pod/Mozilla%3A%3ACA). If the Mozilla::CA module
isn't available SSL requests will fail. Either install this module, set up an
alternative `SSL_ca_file` or disable hostname verification.
This module used to be bundled with the libwww-perl, but it was unbundled in
v6.02 in order to be able to declare its dependencies properly for the CPAN
tool-chain. Applications that need https support can just declare their
dependency on LWP::Protocol::https and will no longer need to know what
underlying modules to install.
# SEE ALSO
[IO::Socket::SSL](https://metacpan.org/pod/IO%3A%3ASocket%3A%3ASSL), [Crypt::SSLeay](https://metacpan.org/pod/Crypt%3A%3ASSLeay), [Mozilla::CA](https://metacpan.org/pod/Mozilla%3A%3ACA)
# COPYRIGHT & LICENSE
Copyright (c) 1997-2011 Gisle Aas.
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.