use LWP::UserAgent;
my $ua = new LWP::UserAgent;


# create data
  my $data = <<"START" ;
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<methodCall>
<methodName>sum</methodName>
<params>
<param>
  <value><double>1.12</double></value>
</param>
<param>
  <value><double>4.12</double></value>
</param>
</params>
</methodCall>
START
  my $header = <<"START" ;
POST /quotes.cgi HTTP/1.0
Host: localhost
Content-Type: text/xml
START

$header .= "Content-length: " .  length($data) ;
my $content = $header. "\n" . $data ;
print $content ;

my $response = $ua->post('http://localhost:8999', $content) ;

print $response->content;