sub get {
    my($self, $uri, $cb_gen) = @_;

    my $http = HTTP::Lite->new;
    $http->http11_mode(1); # hopefully, CPAN mirrors can handle this

    my $retries = 0;
    while ( $retries++ < 5 ) {
        my $rc = $self->_make_request( $http, $uri, $data_cb );
        if ( $rc == 401 ) {
            last unless $self->_prepare_auth( $http, 'non_proxy' );
        }
        elsif ( $rc == 407 ) {
            last unless $self->_prepare_auth( $http, 'proxy' );
        }
        elsif ( $rc == 301 || $rc == 302 ) {
            $uri = $self->_get_redirect( $http, $uri );
        }
        else {
            last;
        }
    }

    return $http;
}