$ua = LWP::UserAgent->new; $ua->cookie_jar ($cookie_jar={}); # instead of $ua->cookie_jar ( {} ); $request = HTTP::Request->new('GET', "$RevAddr" ); print "\$request = ", $request, "\n"; print Dumper ($request), "\n"; #### $request = HTTP::Request=HASH(0x1080540) $VAR1 = bless( { '_content' => '', '_uri' => bless( do{\(my $o = 'http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jre7-downloads-1880261.html')}, 'URI::http' ), '_headers' => bless( {}, 'HTTP::Headers' ), '_method' => 'GET' }, 'HTTP::Request' );