Connecting to a SOAP server over HTTPS via an authenticating proxy

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Using the Perl module SOAP::Lite, the following script will connect to a SOAP server over HTTPS through a proxy that requires authentication:


  

  $ENV{HTTPS_PROXY} = 'http://proxy.whoever.com:80';

  $ENV{HTTPS_PROXY_USERNAME} = 'username';

  $ENV{HTTPS_PROXY_PASSWORD} = 'password';

  

  use SOAP::Lite;

  print SOAP::Lite

  -> uri('http://www.soaplite.com/My/Examples')

  -> proxy('https://localhost/cgi-bin/soap.cgi')

  -> getStateName(21);

  -> result;

N.B. Using the username:password@proxy syntax (e.g. $ENV{HTTPS_PROXY} = 'http://username:password@proxy.whoever.com:80';) does NOT work for https.