$ua->simple_request( $request ) $ua->simple_request( $request, $content_file ) $ua->simple_request( $request, $content_cb ) $ua->simple_request( $request, $content_cb, $read_size_hint ) This method dispatches a single request and returns the response received. Arguments are the same as for request() described above. The difference from request() is that simple_request() will not try to handle redirects or authentication responses. The request() method will in fact invoke this method for each simple request it sends.