NAME

Eixo::Rest - Base modules to build REST api clients

SINOPSIS

Build an api client:

- Define the api products

            

              
              
package MyApiClient;
use strict;
use parent qw(Eixo::Rest::Api);
sub users {
    $_[0]->produce('MyApi::User');
}
sub images {
    $_[0]->produce('MyApi::Image');
}
            
          

- Implement api products

            

              
              
package MyApi::User;
use parent qw(Eixo::Rest::Product);
sub getUsers {
    my ($self,%args) = @_;
    my $list  = [];
    my $args = {
        all => $args{all} || undef,
        limit => $args{limit} || 1000,
    };
     
    $self->api->getUsers(
        args => $args, 
        get_params => [qw(all limit)],
        __callback => sub {
            foreach my $r (@{$_[0]}){
                push @$list, MyApi::User->new(%$r)
            }
            return $list;
        }
    );
}
            
          

- Use it:

            

              
              
my $a = MyApiClient->new(http://api.acme.com);
my $user_list = $a->getUsers(
    all => 1, 
    limit => 10
);
            
          

- Use it asynchronously:

            

              
              
my $a = MyApiClient->new(http://api.acme.com);
my $job = $a->getUsersAsync(
    all => 1, 
    limit => 10
);
# do other stuff
...
# when you want the results
my $user_list = $a->wait_for_job($job);
            
          

DESCRIPTION

Perl modules to simplify the construction of REST api clients.

It provides a set of base classes from which derive and build api resources (Products) and simplify api calls.

In addition, it allows send HTTP requests in sync and async mode (using threads).

It also offers a tool for building REST APIs for testing purpouses.

AUTHOR

Francisco Maseda, <frmadem@gmail.com>

Javier Gómez, <alambike@gmail.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2014, Javier Gómez

Copyright (C) 2014, Francisco Maseda

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.