Use variable from BEGIN as input to remaining program

[port19]

Hi all,

I have now managed to send https requests via the use of stunnel.
My current problem is that it seems impossible to reuse the response.
In my limited research I did not manage to find ways to define records in BEGIN.

Is it possible to use output retrieved in BEGIN as input for the rest of the 
program?
If yes, how so?
If not, how would you proceed?

Context is the rewrite of a small reddit client. [1]

~port19


[1] https://github.com/port19x/redqu/tree/gawk