I'm trying to Post to a web site using the following code: 
#!/usr/bin/perl
use HTTP::Request::Common qw(POST);
use LWP::UserAgent;
$ua = LWP::UserAgent->new;
my $req = POST 'http://www.sfarmls.com/scripts/mgrqispi.dll',
       [ APPNAME => 'Sanfrancisco',
          PRGNAME => 'MLSLogin',
          ARGUMENTS => ('-ASS','-AA'),
        ];
print $ua->request($req)->as_string;

[download]

But when I do, I get an HTML file from www.sfarmls.com telling me that I'm using an invalid entry point.
However, I can easily access this site with the following telnet commands: 
POST /scripts/mgrqispi.dll HTTP/1.1
Host: www.sfarmls.com
Content-Length: 56
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

APPNAME=Sanfrancisco&PRGNAME=MLSLogin&ARGUMENTS=-ASS,-AA

[download]

I'm a little confused why www.sfarmls.com is OK with the telnet access but not with the perl routine access.
Also, the perl routine directs the response to the terminal output. How can I direct the response to a variable within the perl program? Thanks, Matt

In reply to posting with HTTP::Request::Common by matlaw

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