How do I configure WWW::Mechanize to work behind a proxy and https?

Question

I\'ve written Perl code using WWW::Mechanize to retrieve a webpage. When I retrieve http webpages it works fine but it doesnt work for https. I\'ve checked and I have the Cr

Answer 1

In case someone stumbles over this old question: The situation has changed in the recent years.

• starting with version 6 LWP uses IO::Socket::SSL as a backend
• IO::Socket::SSL does not provide its own proxy hacks like Crypt::SSLeay does and LWP https proxy support as documented (e.g. using proxy method or env_proxy) was broken.
• with version 6.06 of both LWP::UserAgent and LWP::Protocol::https (which are now seperate distributions!) https proxy works as expected and documented
• for older versions of LWP one can use Net::SSLGlue::LWP