I don't think I need the CGI module in order to send this to the target Web server

To send an HTTP request to a server you want LWP::UserAgent (or WWW::Mechanize for more complex tasks).  Server-side, the CGI module may be useful, in particular for getting at the query string parameters.

Do I have any control over where this print is printed on the Web page?

What the server does, and what HTML it returns for a certain request, entirely depends on how things are set up. For example, if you send your request to a CGI program server-side, that program could read the query string parameter and embed it into whatever HTML code you like (if you're the one writing the code). In other words, where it is being printed depends on what HTML is being generated  (if I understood your question correctly...)

In reply to Re: sending URL + query string to server? by almut
in thread sending URL + query string to server? by Anonymous Monk

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