Re: restrict download bandwidth

[email protected] Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:13:44 -0700 (PDT)

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.lang.perl.modules.lwp
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On Fri, 12 Sep 2008, Jan Buchholz wrote:

> does anybody know, i could restrict the download bandwidth with
> LWP::UserAgent.

Use a slowing proxy server? Download

   http://perlmeister.com/snapshots/200105/scripts/slowie.pl

and start

   $ slowie.pl
   Server listening at port 8018

then configure LWP::UserAgent to use it

     $ua->proxy(['http'], 'http://localhost:8018/');

Here's the article if you can read German:
   http://www.linux-magazin.de/heft_abo/ausgaben/2001/05/urlaub_in_der_steinzeit

-- Mike

Mike Schilli
[email protected]