my $y = WWW::Yahoo::Groups->new(); $y->login( $user => $pass ); # use ->get() which wraps ->agent->get(): $y->get( $your_desired_url ); # or get the agent (a WWW::Yahoo::Groups::Mechanize # object, which is a subclass of WWW::Mechanize) my $mech = $y->agent; # and do whatever with it. $mech->get( $your_desired_url );