Note: vastly simplified.

package MyUA;
use base 'LWP::UserAgent';
{
  my $user;
  my $pass;

  sub set_creds { $user = shift; $pass = shift; }
  sub get_basic_credentials { ($user, $pass) }
}

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get_basic_credentials() is called by the GET/POST/FOO methods when challenged (perhaps more often, you may need to verify this). I use it to read passwords from a config file, prompt from a terminal w/o echoing, and other times that I need to access restricted sites.

Update: credentials(), afaict, takes 4 parameters, not two. Perhaps that is the root of the reason it isn't working. Reached for my favorite hammer when a screwdriver was already provided.

Update 2: Per almut in Re^4: Better Solution To WWW::Mechanize Basic Authentication, I stand corrected. Two parameter version is quite correct.

--MidLifeXis

In reply to Re^3: Better Solution To WWW::Mechanize Basic Authentication by MidLifeXis
in thread Better Solution To WWW::Mechanize Basic Authentication by Limbic~Region

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