require InfoSys::FreeDB; # Create a HTTP connection my $fact = InfoSys::FreeDB->new(); my $conn = $fact->create_connection( { client_name => 'testing-InfoSys::FreeDB', client_version => $InfoSys::FreeDB::VERSION, } ); # Get ver from FreeDB my $res = $conn->ver(); # Write a bit of ver to STDERR use IO::Handle; my $fh = IO::Handle->new_from_fd( fileno(STDERR), 'w' ); $fh->print( $res->get_message_text(), "\n" ); 1;