NAME
    Furl - Lightning-fast URL fetcher

SYNOPSIS
        use Furl;

        my $furl = Furl->new(
            agent   => 'MyGreatUA/2.0',
            timeout => 10,
        );

        my $res = $furl->get('http://example.com/');
        die $res->status_line unless $res->is_success;
        print $res->content;

        my $res = $furl->post(
            'http://example.com/', # URL
            [...],                 # headers
            [ foo => 'bar' ],      # form data (HashRef/FileHandle are also okay)
        );

        # Accept-Encoding is supported but optional
        $furl = Furl->new(
            headers => [ 'Accept-Encoding' => 'gzip' ],
        );
        my $body = $furl->get('http://example.com/some/compressed');

DESCRIPTION
    Furl is yet another HTTP client library. LWP is the de facto standard
    HTTP client for Perl5, but it is too slow for some critical jobs, and
    too complex for weekend hacking. Furl resolves these issues. Enjoy it!

    This library is an alpha software. Any API may change without notice.

INTERFACE
  Class Methods
   "Furl->new(%args | \%args) :Furl"
    Creates and returns a new Furl client with *%args*. Dies on errors.

    *%args* might be:

    agent :Str = "Furl/$VERSION"
    timeout :Int = 10
    max_redirects :Int = 7
    proxy :Str
    no_proxy :Str
    headers :ArrayRef

  Instance Methods
   "$furl->request(%args) :Furl::Response"
    Sends an HTTP request to a specified URL and returns a instance of
    Furl::Response.

    *%args* might be:

    scheme :Str = "http"
        Protocol scheme. May be "http" or "https".

    host :Str
        Server host to connect.

        You must specify at least "host" or "url".

    port :Int = 80
        Server port to connect. The default is 80 on "scheme => 'http'", or
        443 on "scheme => 'https'".

    path_query :Str = "/"
        Path and query to request.

    url :Str
        URL to request.

        You can use "url" instead of "scheme", "host", "port" and
        "path_query".

    headers :ArrayRef
        HTTP request headers. e.g. "headers => [ 'Accept-Encoding' => 'gzip'
        ]".

    content : Str | ArrayRef[Str] | HashRef[Str] | FileHandle
        Content to request.

    You must encode all the queries or this method will die, saying "Wide
    character in ...".

   "$furl->get($url :Str, $headers :ArrayRef[Str] )"
    This is an easy-to-use alias to "request()", sending the "GET" method.

   "$furl->head($url :Str, $headers :ArrayRef[Str] )"
    This is an easy-to-use alias to "request()", sending the "HEAD" method.

   "$furl->post($url :Str, $headers :ArrayRef[Str], $content :Any)"
    This is an easy-to-use alias to "request()", sending the "POST" method.

   "$furl->put($url :Str, $headers :ArrayRef[Str], $content :Any)"
    This is an easy-to-use alias to "request()", sending the "PUT" method.

   "$furl->delete($url :Str, $headers :ArrayRef[Str] )"
    This is an easy-to-use alias to "request()", sending the "DELETE"
    method.

   "$furl->request_with_http_request($req :HTTP::Request)"
    This is an easy-to-use alias to "request()" with an instance of
    "HTTP::Request".

   "$furl->env_proxy()"
    Loads proxy settings from $ENV{HTTP_PROXY} and $ENV{NO_PROXY}.

FAQ
    I need more speed.
        See Furl::HTTP, which provides the low level interface of Furl. It
        is faster than "Furl.pm" since Furl::HTTP does not create response
        objects.

    How do you use cookie_jar?
        Furl does not directly support the cookie_jar option available in
        LWP. You can use HTTP::Cookies, HTTP::Request, HTTP::Response like
        following.

            my $f = Furl->new();
            my $cookies = HTTP::Cookies->new();
            my $req = HTTP::Request->new(...);
            $cookies->add_cookie_header($req);
            my $res = H$f->request_with_http_request($req)->as_http_response;
            $cookies->extract_cookies($res);
            # and use $res.

AUTHOR
    Tokuhiro Matsuno <tokuhirom AAJKLFJEF GMAIL COM>

    Fuji, Goro (gfx)

THANKS TO
    Kazuho Oku

    mala

    mattn

    lestrrat

    walf443

SEE ALSO
    LWP

    Furl::HTTP

    Furl::Response

LICENSE
    Copyright (C) Tokuhiro Matsuno.

    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
    under the same terms as Perl itself.