Searching the documentation of LWP::UserAgent for "redirect" returns several relevant hits.

For example:

simple_request

my $request = HTTP::Request->new( ... );
my $res = $ua->simple_request( $request );
my $res = $ua->simple_request( $request, $content_file );
my $res = $ua->simple_request( $request, $content_cb );
my $res = $ua->simple_request( $request, $content_cb, $read_size_hint 
+);
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This method dispatches a single request and returns the response received. Arguments are the same as for the request in LWP::UserAgent described above.

The difference from request in LWP::UserAgent is that simple_request will not try to handle redirects or authentication responses. The request in LWP::UserAgent method will, in fact, invoke this method for each simple request it sends.