Comments on: Perl Module Monday: HTTP::Tiny http://www.dereferenced.com/2011/10/17/perl-module-monday-httptiny/ A preponderance of Perl, an excess of XML, and additional alliterations. Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:50:49 +0000 hourly 1 By: David Golden http://www.dereferenced.com/2011/10/17/perl-module-monday-httptiny/comment-page-1/#comment-1473 David Golden Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:30:49 +0000 http://www.dereferenced.com/?p=219#comment-1473 The major difference is that HTTP::Tiny is under 700 lines of code and has no non-core dependencies, whereas LWP::Simple requires LWP::UserAgent and all of its dependencies. That made HTTP::Tiny suitable for inclusion with core Perl (as of v5.14) so that CPAN can be bootstrapped over HTTP using pure Perl. In functionality, HTTP::Tiny gives you some slight control over the user agent attributes whereas LWP::Simple gives you only the defaults of LWP::UserAgent. There are probably some minor differences in redirect handling -- e.g. HTTP::Tiny will redirect POST requests if and only if the response is 303 (and it will convert to a GET) as per the RFC. As to why there aren't helpers for other methods, it's mostly because of the "Tiny" philosophy that says that only the most essential functions should be included. The major difference is that HTTP::Tiny is under 700 lines of code and has no non-core dependencies, whereas LWP::Simple requires LWP::UserAgent and all of its dependencies. That made HTTP::Tiny suitable for inclusion with core Perl (as of v5.14) so that CPAN can be bootstrapped over HTTP using pure Perl.

In functionality, HTTP::Tiny gives you some slight control over the user agent attributes whereas LWP::Simple gives you only the defaults of LWP::UserAgent. There are probably some minor differences in redirect handling — e.g. HTTP::Tiny will redirect POST requests if and only if the response is 303 (and it will convert to a GET) as per the RFC.

As to why there aren’t helpers for other methods, it’s mostly because of the “Tiny” philosophy that says that only the most essential functions should be included.

]]> By: Mark Dominus http://www.dereferenced.com/2011/10/17/perl-module-monday-httptiny/comment-page-1/#comment-1468 Mark Dominus Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:37:29 +0000 http://www.dereferenced.com/?p=219#comment-1468 Can you compare it with LWP::Simple? Can you compare it with LWP::Simple?

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