in reply to Re^2: Correct way to POST with Perl Curl?
in thread Correct way to POST with Perl Curl?

Well, here is what ended up working for me, perhaps it can help somebody else down the line: 
$curl->setopt( CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "$string" );
$curl->setopt( CURLOPT_POSTFIELDSIZE, $length );
$curl->setopt( CURLOPT_POST, 1 );
$curl->setopt( CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT,8);

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