Just use a new file handle (or re-open your existing one.) You'll also have to re-configure your curl object every time you do this, so you might want to make it into a subroutine: 
use strict;
use warnings;
use WWW::Curl::Easy;

my $curl = new WWW::Curl::Easy;

$curl->setopt(CURLOPT_URL, 'http://cnn.com');

my ($r, $b, $h) = get_response($curl);

print "retcode = $r\n";
print "body = $b\n";

sub get_response {
  my ($curl) = @_;
  my ($body, $head);
  open(my $body_fh, ">", \$body);
  open(my $head_fh, ">", \$head);

  $curl->setopt(CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, $body_fh);
  $curl->setopt(CURLOPT_HEADERDATA, $head_fh);

  my $retcode = $curl->perform;

  return ($retcode, $body, $head);
}

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In reply to Re: How can I open a filehandle so it is cleared and rewritten for every request? by pc88mxer
in thread How can I open a filehandle so it is cleared and rewritten for every request? by skrapasor

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