use LWP::UserAgent; $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new; $ua->proxy(['http', 'ftp'] => 'http://proxy.myorg.com'); $req = HTTP::Request->new('GET',"http://www.perl.com";); $req->proxy_authorization_basic("proxy_user", "proxy_password"); $res = $ua->request($req); print $res->content if $res->is_success;