#!/usr/bin/perl

use REST::Client;

#$ENV{PERL_LWP_SSL_VERIFY_HOSTNAME}=0; #Intentionally commented this out as i was trying multiple opions to turn off host verification

MAIN:
{

my $client = REST::Client->new(
        timeout => 30,
        ssl_opts => { verify_hostname => 0 },);
        
        $client->GET(<end point url>);

        #assigning the API response to a variable
        my $response = $client->responseContent();
        print $response."\n";
}