use strict qw(subs vars); use LWP::UserAgent; use Time::HiRes qw{ time alarm }; use Data::Dumper; ... (snip) ... my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new() ; ... (snip) ... my $req = HTTP::Request->new( 'GET', $url ) ; $res = $ua->request( $req ) ; ... (snip) ...