NAME
LWP::UserAgent::patch::https_hard_timeout - Patch module for LWP::UserAgent
VERSION
version 0.01
SYNOPSIS
use LWP::UserAgent;
use LWP::UserAgent::patch::https_hard_timeout -timeout => 300;DESCRIPTION
This module contains a simple workaround for hanging issue with HTTPS requests. It wraps send_request() with an alarm() timeout.
FAQ
Why not subclass?
By patching, you do not need to replace all the client code which uses LWP::UserAgent (or WWW::Mechanize, and so on).
SEE ALSO
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9400068/make-timeout-work-for-lwpuseragent-https
AUTHOR
Steven Haryanto <stevenharyanto@gmail.com>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2012 by Steven Haryanto.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.