NAME
WWW::DistroWatch::ReleaseInfo - Get information about a distro's releases
VERSION
This document describes version 0.06 of WWW::DistroWatch::ReleaseInfo (from Perl distribution WWW-DistroWatch-ReleaseInfo), released on 2018-01-22.
FUNCTIONS
get_distro_releases_info
Usage:
get_distro_releases_info(%args) -> [status, msg, result, meta]Get information about a distro's releases.
This routine scrapes http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=<NAME> and returns a data structure like the following:
[
{
release_name => '17.2 rafaela',
release_date => '2015-06-30',
eol_date => '2019-04',
abiword_version => '--',
alsa_lib_version => '1.0.27.2',
perl_version => '5.22.0',
python_version => '2.7.5',
...
},
...
]This function is not exported by default, but exportable.
Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):
distribution* => str
Name of distribution, e.g. "mint", "ubuntu", "debian".
file => str
Instead of retrieving page from distrowatch.com, use this file's content.
Returns an enveloped result (an array).
First element (status) is an integer containing HTTP status code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element (msg) is a string containing error message, or 'OK' if status is 200. Third element (result) is optional, the actual result. Fourth element (meta) is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra information.
Return value: (any)
list_distros
Usage:
list_distros(%args) -> [status, msg, result, meta]List all known distros.
This function is not exported by default, but exportable.
Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):
file => str
Instead of retrieving page from distrowatch.com, use this file's content.
Returns an enveloped result (an array).
First element (status) is an integer containing HTTP status code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element (msg) is a string containing error message, or 'OK' if status is 200. Third element (result) is optional, the actual result. Fourth element (meta) is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra information.
Return value: (any)
list_distros_cached
Usage:
list_distros_cached() -> [status, msg, result, meta]List all known distros (cached data).
This function is not exported by default, but exportable.
No arguments.
Returns an enveloped result (an array).
First element (status) is an integer containing HTTP status code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element (msg) is a string containing error message, or 'OK' if status is 200. Third element (result) is optional, the actual result. Fourth element (meta) is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra information.
Return value: (any)
HOMEPAGE
Please visit the project's homepage at https://metacpan.org/release/WWW-DistroWatch-ReleaseInfo.
SOURCE
Source repository is at https://github.com/perlancar/perl-WWW-DistroWatch-ReleaseInfo.
BUGS
Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=WWW-DistroWatch-ReleaseInfo
When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.
AUTHOR
perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2018, 2015 by perlancar@cpan.org.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.