my $headers = HTTP::Headers->new(); $headers->header('Content-Type' => 'text/plain; charset=utf-8'); $headers->header('Content-Length' => length($sendthis)); my $request = HTTP::Request->new('POST', $url, $headers, $sendthis); $request->protocol('HTTP/1.1'); my $browser = LWP::UserAgent->new(); my $response = $browser->request($request); my $gotthis = $response->content();