Perl in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition

URI::URL

This module creates URL objects that store all the elements of a URL. These objects are used by the request method of LWP::UserAgent for server addresses, port numbers, filenames, protocol, and many other elements that can be loaded into a URL.

The new constructor is used to make a URI::URL object:

$url = URI::URL->new($url_string [, $base_url])

This method creates a new URI::URL object with the URL given as the first parameter. An optional base URL can be specified as the second parameter and is useful for generating an absolute URL from a relative URL.

The following methods are for the URI::URL class.