Perl and its LWP module make it a breeze to automate Web site access; too bad the breeze becomes a storm when the Web site requires a username and password for access. Fortunately, you can use Perl modules to calm the storm. Learn how to find, install, and use the WWW::Mechanize and Crypt::SSLeay modules in a Perl script that automates logging into a secure Web site in this article by Bret Swedeen.

REST::Client - A simple client for interacting with RESTful http/https resources.

This tutorial will write a Perl script which removes a user from all open reviews – this might be useful if a reviewer is no longer available, and is holding up the completed status of all their reviews.

A page about using the Backpack API from Perl.

Net::Backpack is now available. Currently it only covers the pages section of the API, but other calls will be included before too long.

And here’s a link to Net::Backpack on CPAN.