#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use warnings; require LWP::UserAgent; my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new; $ua->timeout(10); $ua->env_proxy; my $response = $ua->get('http://www.herald-journal.com/government/publicnotices/2015-legals/hj010515.html'); if ($response->is_success) { print $response->decoded_content; # or whatever } else { die $response->status_line; }