use LWP::UserAgent qw(); my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new; my $netloc = 'http://www.buddhism-dict.net/cgi-bin/xpr-dealt.pl:80'; $ua->credentials( $netloc, 'CJK-E and Buddhist Dictionaries', # basic realm 'guest', # user '', # empty pw ); my $response = $ua->get($netloc);