[thelist] Server Script Reading HTML

[Chris]

Hello,

I have to code some server side scripts which have a requirement to read
some web pages via HTTP and take action depending on what it finds. I am
thinking perl would be the best way to go however I have not done anything
like this with perl before, in fact I've only done this before with VB. The
tricky part is that the script I code must be able to give a certain user
agent aswell as a specific referer.

Can anyone point me in the right direction for help / tutorials for this
kind of thing.

Regards,
Chris