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Asked: 2026-05-18T21:03:48+00:00

I have a proxy with IP, Port, Login and Password. Is it possible to

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I have a proxy with IP, Port, Login and Password.
Is it possible to use this proxy with Perl’s WWW::Mechanize?

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    1. I’m not sure if there’s a native way but here’s a workaround which is claimed to work:

      http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=269358

      It’s based on setting $ENV{HTTP_PROXY} to “http://login:password@proxyserver” where both login and password must be URI-encoded.

    2. Also, WWW::Mechanize is a subclass of LWP::UserAgent, and as such, what works in LWP should work on Mechanize (example from LWP Cookbook, PROXIES section)

      use LWP::UserAgent;
$ua = LWP::UserAgent->new;  
$ua->proxy(['http', 'ftp'] => 'http://username:password@proxy.myorg.com');
$req = HTTP::Request->new('GET',"http://www.perl.com");
$res = $ua->request($req);  
print $res->decoded_content if $res->is_success;
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