eval { $result = rpm_req( 'CustomerAdd', ' "Customer": { "Name": "' . $customer{'name'} . '", "Website": "' . $customer{'website'} . '", "Address": "' . $customer{'address'} . '", "City": "' . $customer{'city'} . '", "StateProvince": "' . $customer{'stateprovince'} . '", "Country": "United States", "ZipPostalCode": "' . $customer{'zippostalcode'} . '", "PrimaryContact": { "Salutation": "' . $customer{'salutation'} . '", "FirstName": "' . $customer{'first name'} . '", "LastName": "' . $customer{'last name'} . '", "Title": "' . $customer{'title'} . '", "Email": "' . $customer{'email'} . '", "PhoneBusiness": { "Number":"' . $customer{'phone'} . '"} } ' . $customer_fields . ' } ' ); } or warn $@;