I guess what you are asking for is a method to turn a raw request into an HTTP::Request object. I don't think LWP makes such a method available. You could roll your own. As FamousLongAgo mentioned, you would need to construct your own HTTP::Headers object. Also, an HTTP::Request is a subclass of HTTP::Message and you'll have to look in the latter for the content() method which you will need to set the content of the POST request.

-sauoq
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