How would one make multiple attempts using LWP::UserAgent? I have the following snipped of code: 
$req = HTTP::Request->new(GET => $reqstr);
$req->authorization_basic('username', 'password');
$res = $ua->request($req);$req = HTTP::Request->new(GET => $reqstr);
$req->authorization_basic('username', 'password');
$res = $ua->request($req);

my $title = $ua->request($req)->header('Title');

if (($res->is_success) && ($title ne 'Empty result')) {
    open(OUT,"> $outfile") || die "Could not open $outfile for writing
+: $!\n";
    print OUT  $ua->request($req)->content;
    close OUT;
    exit;
    
## Do not output if there were empty results
} elsif ($res->status_line eq '200 OK') {
    print STDOUT "There were empty results\n";
    #$attempts++;

## Some other error
} else {
    print STDOUT "Error: " . $res->status_line . "\n";
    $attempts++;
    sleep 10;
}

my $title = $ua->request($req)->header('Title');

while ($attempts < 4) {
if (($res->is_success) && ($title ne 'Empty result')) {
    ## Open file handle for output file
    open(OUT,"> $outfile") || die "Could not open $outfile for writing
+: $!\n";
    print OUT  $res;
    close OUT;
    exit;
} elsif ($res->status_line eq '200 OK') {
    print STDOUT "There were empty results\n";
} else {
    print STDOUT "Error: " . $res->status_line . "\n";
}

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My problem lies where I would want the loop to repeat if it's the third case (when it's equivalent to $res->is_error).

In reply to Looping LWP::UserAgent by Anonymous Monk

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