Net::HTTPS(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Net::HTTPS(3)NAMENet::HTTPS - Low-level HTTP over SSL/TLS connection (client)
DESCRIPTION
The "Net::HTTPS" is a low-level HTTP over SSL/TLS client. The
interface is the same as the interface for "Net::HTTP", but the
constructor method take additional parameters as accepted by
IO::Socket::SSL. The "Net::HTTPS" object isa "IO::Socket::SSL" too,
which make it inherit additional methods from that base class.
For historical reasons this module also supports using "Net::SSL" (from
the Crypt-SSLeay distribution) as its SSL driver and base class. This
base is automatically selected if available and "IO::Socket::SSL"
isn't. You might also force which implementation to use by setting
$Net::HTTPS::SSL_SOCKET_CLASS before loading this module. If not set
this variable is initialized from the "PERL_NET_HTTPS_SSL_SOCKET_CLASS"
environment variable.
ENVIRONMENT
You might set the "PERL_NET_HTTPS_SSL_SOCKET_CLASS" environment
variable to the name of the base SSL implementation (and Net::HTTPS
base class) to use. The default is "IO::Socket::SSL". Currently the
only other supported value is "Net::SSL".
SEE ALSO
Net::HTTP, IO::Socket::SSL
perl v5.18.1 2012-11-08 Net::HTTPS(3)
