Feature request: provide LWP::Debug::TraceHTTPS

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
perl
Domain
networking

Research direction

Start by locating the LWP::Debug::TraceHTTP module and its TraceHTTP.pm implementation. Compare its HTTP tracing behavior with the requested HTTPS variant, then provide the corresponding LWP::Debug::TraceHTTPS module with equivalent tracing for HTTPS calls.

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Description

LWP::Debug::TraceHTTP looks as a suitable and lightweight alternative for tracing HTTP calls within LWP — lightweight, because it depends only on the non-core module Data::Dump (but which is available as a Debian package), unlike other alternatives like LWP::ConsoleLogger or LWP::Protocol::Net::Curl.

But unfortunately this module only does HTTP, which is not very useful anymore in the modern internet. It seems that simply cloning the TraceHTTP.pm module and doing a s/http/https/g would work here.

I can provide a PR if this proposal is accepted.

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