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SOAP::Lite request response -> SOAP::Lite for Perl: Unlocking 0.65: Direct access to the HTTP::Request and HTTP::Response objects 
$soap->transport->http_request...
$soap->transport->http_request->content
$soap->transport->http_response...
$soap->transport->http_response->content

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