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diff --git a/doc/plugins/aggregate/discussion.mdwn b/doc/plugins/aggregate/discussion.mdwn index 1a9844577..77005a6a1 100644 --- a/doc/plugins/aggregate/discussion.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins/aggregate/discussion.mdwn @@ -89,3 +89,30 @@ New bug: new posts aren't getting displayed (or cached for aggregation). After f >>> mind having a copy to investigate. --[[Joey]] >>>> Didn't think of that, will keep a copy if there's a next time. -- [[schmonz]] + +----- + +In a corporate environment where feeds are generally behind +authentication, I need to prime the aggregator's `LWP::UserAgent` +with some cookies. What I've done is write a custom plugin to populate +`$config{cookies}` with an `HTTP::Cookies` object, plus this diff: + + --- /var/tmp/pkg/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.10.0/IkiWiki/Plugin/aggregate.pm 2010-06-24 13:03:33.000000000 -0400 + +++ aggregate.pm 2010-06-24 13:04:09.000000000 -0400 + @@ -488,7 +488,11 @@ + } + $feed->{feedurl}=pop @urls; + } + - my $res=URI::Fetch->fetch($feed->{feedurl}); + + my $res=URI::Fetch->fetch($feed->{feedurl}, + + UserAgent => LWP::UserAgent->new( + + cookie_jar => $config{cookies}, + + ), + + ); + if (! $res) { + $feed->{message}=URI::Fetch->errstr; + $feed->{error}=1; + +It works, but I have to remember to apply the diff whenever I update +ikiwiki. Can you provide a more elegant means of allowing cookies and/or +the user agent to be programmatically manipulated? --[[schmonz]] |