Re: Multiple LWP::UserAgents at the same time

On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 10:18 PM, Nick Perez <[email protected]> wrote:
> At first glance without reading the documentation to this module, I
> would say that this is wrong. Fetching the $url should be a
> non-blocking action that you give it a postback (or configured
> session/event to post) to notify you when a response is ready for
> reading. There is a proper HTTP client for POE that gives you this
> ability (albeit with a bit more verbosity). Take a look at
> POE::Component::Client::HTTP and see if it better fits the bill for
> what you need.

Gabor's usage is correct. The "POE" part in LWP::UserAgent::POE comes
from the fact that  $ua->get() actually calls
$poe_kernel->run_one_timeslice() while waiting for data, allowing
other POE events to be processed in the meantime.