Yes, you should be looking at:
It isn't actually that hard. Here is something I use with frequency lately.
##Assumes:
use LWP::UserAgent;
use HTTP::Request::Common qw(POST);
use HTTP::Cookies;
sub CreateSession{ ##Takes Ref to user agent object
my ($ua) = @_;
$$ua->cookie_jar(HTTP::Cookies->new(file => "<FILEPATH>",
autosave => 1));
$$ua->proxy(http => '<PROXYINFO - OPTIONAL>');
$$ua->timeout(300);
#Use some basic Authentication
my $req = POST 'https://<SOME SITE>/login.cgi',
[cdsid=>'<USERID>', pw=>'<PASSWORD>',back=>'<BACK>'];
$req->proxy_authorization_basic('<PROXY USERID>, <PROXY PASS>);
my $res = $$ua->request($req);
unless ($res->is_success) {
print "Login Failed: : ". $res->status_line . "\n";
}
#get the next page
$req = POST 'https://<NEXT PAGE>/main1.cgi';
$res = $$ua->request($req);
unless ($res->is_success) {
print "Main Page Failed: : ". $res->status_line . "\n";
}
return 1;
}
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