NAME LWPx::ParanoidHandler - Handler for LWP::UserAgent that protects you from harm SYNOPSIS use LWPx::ParanoidHandler; use LWP::UserAgent; my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new(); make_paranoid($ua); my $res = $ua->request(GET 'http://127.0.0.1/'); # my $res = $ua->request(GET 'http://google.com/'); use Data::Dumper; warn Dumper($res); warn $res->status_line; DESCRIPTION LWPx::ParanoidHandler is clever firewall for LWP::UserAgent. This module provides a handler to protect a request to internal servers. It's useful to implement OpenID servers, crawlers, etc. FUNCTIONS make_paranoid($ua[, $dns]); Make your LWP::UserAgent instance to paranoid. The $dns argument is instance of Net::DNS::Paranoid. It's optional. FAQ How can I timeout per request? Yes, LWP::UserAgent does not timeouts per request. I think it's my job. But LWPx::ParanoidAgent do this. You can do this by following form using alarm(): my $res = eval { local $SIG{ALRM} = sub { die "ALRM\n" }; alarm(10); my $res = $ua->get($url); alarm(0); $res; }; $res = HTTP::Response->new(500, 'Timeout') unless $res; And I recommend to use Furl. Furl can handle per-request timeout cleanly. AUTHOR Tokuhiro Matsuno SEE ALSO LWPx::ParanoidAgent have same feature as this module. But it's not currently maintain, and it's too hacky. LWPx::ParanoidHandler uses handler protocol provided by LWP::UserAgent, it's more safety. This module uses a lot of code taken from LWPx::ParanoidAgent, thanks. 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.