my $HttpReq = HTTP::Request->new( POST => "http://mysite.org/some/url/?with=params&some=else"); $HttpReq->authorization_basic(&MY_LOGIN, &MY_PASSWORD); #### my $HttpReq = HTTP::Request->new( POST => "http://mysite.org/some/url", getparams => [with => 'params',some => 'else']); $HttpReq->authorization_basic(&MY_LOGIN, &MY_PASSWORD);