use LWP::UserAgent; #..... usual stuff .....# $ua = new LWP::UserAgent; $ua->proxy(['http', 'ftp'] => 'http://your_proxy.address.com:'); my $req = new HTTP::Request 'GET', "http://www.perlmonks.org"; $req->proxy_authorization_basic("$user_name","$user_password"); $res = $ua->request($req);