I had tried my $req = HTTP::Request->new(GET => $endpoint, Accept => 'application/xml'); using the OP's server, but I still got the "Bad header argument" error. When I switched to using the separate $req->header, then it started working.

Looking at HTTP::Request (quoted below), I originally read it the same way as you, that new() required pairs, and was surprised the code above would still give the error. But on a re-read (underline added):

Constructs a new HTTP::Request object describing a request on the object $uri using method $method. The $method argument must be a string. The $uri argument can be either a string, or a reference to a URI object. The optional $header argument should be a reference to an HTTP::Headers object or a plain array reference of key/value pairs. The optional $content argument should be a string of bytes.

The $header should either be an object or an arrayref. The $content is the content of the request, not of the header. Running the OP code with the headers with your changes, but in an arrayref, eliminates the error: my $req = HTTP::Request->new(GET => $endpoint, [Accept => 'application/xml']);

In reply to Re^6: Consuming A Web Service by pryrt
in thread Consuming A Web Service by pkupnorth

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