Library for WWW in Perl
Encyclopedia
LWP is a set of Perl module
s that allow requests to be sent to the World Wide Web
. It's maintained by Gisle Aas.
It provides an application programming interface
to an HTTP client as well as a number of HTML
utilities, and standard objects to represent HTTP requests and responses.
Perl module
A Perl module is a discrete component of software for the Perl programming language. Technically, it is a particular set of conventions for using Perl's package mechanism that has become universally adopted....
s that allow requests to be sent to the World Wide Web
World Wide Web
The World Wide Web is a system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the Internet...
. It's maintained by Gisle Aas.
It provides an application programming interface
Application programming interface
An application programming interface is a source code based specification intended to be used as an interface by software components to communicate with each other...
to an HTTP client as well as a number of HTML
HTML
HyperText Markup Language is the predominant markup language for web pages. HTML elements are the basic building-blocks of webpages....
utilities, and standard objects to represent HTTP requests and responses.