I'm trying to connect to a WebLogic (Oracle) SOAP service. I was given an example using LWP::UserAgent that works with a hand coded envelope, but I liked to use a Perl SOAP module instead. Using that small working LWP script, substituting an envelope generated by SOAP::Lite doesn't work against the server (it complains "Cannot find dispatch method"). But an envelope generated by SOAP::WSDL::Manual, using the WSDL supplied by the WebLogic server does. Great! The thing is I cannot figure out is how to do the authentication with SOAP::WSDL::Manual. The document SOAP::WSDL::Manual::Cookbook has some advice on authentication that I'm afraid I just don't understand. Basically what works with LWP::UserAgent is: 
my $CREDENTIALS = 'Basic ' . MIME::Base64::encode($UNAM . ':' . $PWD);

my $request = HTTP::Request->new(POST => $END_POINT);
$request->header(Authorization => $CREDENTIALS);

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What I don't understand is how to reach into the transport layer within SOAP::WSDL::Manual object to set this. Heck, I haven't even figured out what modules are being used to do the HTTP. I'm hoping somebody can either help me with the authentication problem, or suggest a different Perl SOAP module known to play nice with Oracle's WebLogic SOAP services.

In reply to SOAP::WSDL::Manual and WebLogic authentication by Bill.Costa

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