I'm stuck getting basic http authentication working right with POST and I've come to the monastery seeking wisdom and clarity... I can GET okay authenticated with this code: ----------------------------------------------
use LWP::UserAgent;
$ua = new LWP::UserAgent;
$req = new HTTP::Request GET => 'http://www.sn.no/secret/';
$req->authorization_basic('aas', 'mypassword');
print $ua->request($req)->as_string;
# the above code returns the html code for the form

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But I cannot POST the way it would seem I should be able too with this code: ----------------------------------------------
use LWP::UserAgent;
$ua = new LWP::UserAgent;
$ua->credentials('user', 'password');
my $req = HTTP::Request::Common::POST($URL,
    [
        'txtUserID' => $USERID,
        'txtPassword' => $PASSWORD,
        'txtHeader' => $header,
        'txtReportArea' => $data,
        'onbtnSubmitReportWebEvent(btnSubmitReport)' => 'Submit Report
+'
    ]);
$req->authorization_basic('aas', 'mypassword');
print $req->status_line, "\n";
# the above returns 401 Access Denied

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I can manually login (basic authentication) to the site and POST data via the form, but I need to automate this...

Help?!

In reply to http POST + authentication by Grateful_Dude

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