use SOAP::Lite; my $endpoint = qq{http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=soap} ; my $tns = 'http://aphia/v1.0' ; my $method_urn = $tns ; my $soapaction = $tns ; my $sObj = SOAP::Lite->new(uri => $soapaction, proxy => $endpoint) ; my $response = $sObj->call(SOAP::Data->name('getAphiaID')->attr({ 'xmlns' => $method_urn}) => SOAP::Data->name('ScientificName' => 'Solea solea')) ; print $response->result, "\n";