my $url = new URI( $myhttpAddress );
my $host = $url->host;
my $port = $url->port || 80;
my $path = $url->path || "/";

my $socket = IO::Socket::INET->new( PeerAddr => $host
                      ,PeerPort => $port
                      ,Proto    => 'tcp'
                      ,Type     => SOCK_STREAM );

die "failed to establish socket\n" unless $socket;

$socket->autoflush(1);

print $socket "GET $path\n",
              "Host: $host\n\n";

$firstRec = <$socket>;

if ( defined $firstRec )
{
    print "$firstRec\n";

    while ( <$socket> )
    {
        print "$_\n";
    };
};