NAME

Net::API::CPAN - Meta CPAN API

SYNOPSIS

use Net::API::CPAN;
my $cpan = Net::API::CPAN->new(
    api_version => 1,
    ua => HTTP::Promise->new( %options ),
    debug => 4,
) || die( Net::API::CPAN->error, "\n" );
$cpan->api_uri( 'https://api.example.org' );
my $uri = $cpan->api_uri;
$cpan->api_version(1);
my $version = $cpan->api_version;

VERSION

v0.1.6

DESCRIPTION

Net::API::CPAN is a client to issue queries to the MetaCPAN REST API.

Make sure to check out the "TERMINOLOGY" section for the exact meaning of key words used in this documentation.

CONSTRUCTOR

new

This instantiates a new Net::API::CPAN object. This accepts the following options, which can later also be set using their associated method.

api_version

Integer. This is the CPAN API version, and defaults to 1.
debug

Integer. This sets the debugging level. Defaults to 0. The higher and the more verbose will be the debugging output on STDERR.
ua

An optional HTTP::Promise object. If not provided, one will be instantiated automatically.

METHODS

api_uri

Sets or gets the CPAN API URI to use. This defaults to the Net::API::CPAN constant API_URI followed by the API version, such as:

https://fastapi.metacpan.org/v1

This returns an URI object.

api_version

Sets or gets the CPAN API version. As of 2023-09-01, this can only 1

This returns a scalar object

cache_file

Sets or gets a cache file path to use instead of issuing the HTTP request. This affects how "fetch" works since it does not issue an actual HTTP request, but does not change the rest of the workflow.

Returns a file object or undef if nothing was set.

fetch

This takes an object type, such as author, release, file, etc, and the following options and performs an HttP request to the remote MetaCPAN REST API and return the appropriate data or object.

If an error occurs, this set an error object and return undef in scalar context, and an empty list in list context.

class

One of Net::API::CPAN classes, such as Net::API::CPAN::Author
endpoint

The endpoint to access, such as /author
headers

An array reference of headers with their corresponding values.
method

The HTTP method to use. This defaults to GET. This is case insensitive.
payload

The POST payload to send to the remote MetaCPAN API. It must be already encoded in UTF-8.
postprocess

A subroutine reference or an anonymous subroutine that will be called back, taking the data received as the sole argument and returning the modified data.
query

An hash reference of key-value pairs representing the query string elements. This will be passed to "query_form" in URI, so make sure to check what data structure is acceptable by URI
request

An HTTP::Promise::Request object.

http_request

The latest HTTP::Promise::Request issued to the remote MetaCPAN API server.

http_response

The latest HTTP::Promise::Response received from the remote MetaCPAN API server.

json

Returns a new JSON object.

new_filter

This instantiates a new Net::API::CPAN::Filter, passing whatever arguments were received, and setting the debugging mode too.

API METHODS

activity

# Get all the release activity for author OALDERS in the last 24 months
my $activity_obj = $cpan->activity(
    author => 'OALDERS',
    # distribution => 'HTTP-Message',
    # module => 'HTTP::Message',
    interval => '1M',
) || die( "Error with code: ", $cpan->error->code, " and message: ", $cpan->error->message );

# Get all the release activity that depend on HTTP::Message in the last 24 months
my $activity_obj = $cpan->activity(
    # author => 'OALDERS',
    # distribution => 'HTTP-Message',
    module => 'HTTP::Message',
    interval => '1M',
) || die( "Error with code: ", $cpan->error->code, " and message: ", $cpan->error->message );

This method is used to query the CPAN REST API for the release activity for all, or for a given author, or a given distribution, or a given module dependency. An optional aggregation interval can be stipulated with res and it defaults to 1w (set by the API).

author -> /activity

If a string is provided representing a specific author, this will issue a query to the API endpoint /activity to retrieve the release activity for that author for the past 24 months for the specified author, such as:
```
/activity?author=OALDERS
```
For example:
```
my $activity_obj = $cpan->activity(
    author => 'OALDERS',
    interval => '1M',
) || die( "Error with code: ", $cpan->error->code, " and message: ", $cpan->error->message );
```
This would return, upon success, a Net::API::CPAN::Activity object containing release activity for the author OALDERS for the past 24 months.

Note that the value of the author is case insensitive and will automatically be transformed in upper case, so you could also do:

Possible options are:
- interval
  
  Specifies an interval for the aggregate value. Defaults to 1w, which is 1 week. See ElasticSearch document for the proper value to use as interval.
- new
  
  Limit the result to newly issued distributions.
You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.
distribution -> /activity

If a string is provided representing a specific distribution, this will issue a query to the API endpoint /activity to retrieve the release activity for that distribution for the past 24 months for the specified distribution, such as:
```
/activity?distribution=HTTP-Message
```
For example:
```
my $activity_obj = $cpan->activity(
    distribution => 'HTTP-Message',
    interval => '1M',
) || die( "Error with code: ", $cpan->error->code, " and message: ", $cpan->error->message );
```
This would return, upon success, a Net::API::CPAN::Activity object containing release activity for the distribution HTTP-Message for the past 24 months.

Possible options are:
- interval
  
  Specifies an interval for the aggregate value. Defaults to 1w, which is 1 week. See ElasticSearch document for the proper value to use as interval.
You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.
module -> /activity

If a string is provided representing a specific module, this will issue a query to the API endpoint /activity to retrieve the release activity that have a dependency on that module for the past 24 months, such as:
```
/activity?res=1M&module=HTTP::Message
```
For example:
```
my $activity_obj = $cpan->activity(
    module => 'HTTP::Message',
    interval => '1M',
) || die( "Error with code: ", $cpan->error->code, " and message: ", $cpan->error->message );
```
This would return, upon success, a Net::API::CPAN::Activity object containing release activity for all the distributions depending on the module HTTP::Message for the past 24 months.

Possible options are:
- interval
  
  Specifies an interval for the aggregate value. Defaults to 1w, which is 1 week. See ElasticSearch document for the proper value to use as interval.
- new
  
  Limit the result to newly issued distributions.
You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.
new -> /activity

If new is provided with any value (true or not does not matter), this will issue a query to the API endpoint /activity to retrieve the new release activity in the past 24 months, such as:
```
/activity?res=1M&new_dists=n
```
For example:
```
my $activity_obj = $cpan->activity(
    new => 1,
    interval => '1M',
) || die( "Error with code: ", $cpan->error->code, " and message: ", $cpan->error->message );
```
This would return, upon success, a Net::API::CPAN::Activity object containing all new distributions release activity for the past 24 months.

Possible options are:
- interval
  
  Specifies an interval for the aggregate value. Defaults to 1w, which is 1 week. See ElasticSearch document for the proper value to use as interval.
You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.

Upon failure, an error will be set and undef will be returned in scalar context, or an empty list in list context.

author

# Retrieves the information details for the specified author
my $author_obj = $cpan->author( 'OALDERS' ) ||
    die( "Error with code: ", $cpan->error->code, " and message: ", $cpan->error->message );

# Retrieves author information details for the specified pause IDs
my $list_obj = $cpan->author( [qw( OALDERS NEILB )] ) ||
    die( "Error with code: ", $cpan->error->code, " and message: ", $cpan->error->message );

# Queries authors information details
my $list_obj = $cpan->author(
    query => 'Olaf',
    from => 10,
    size => 20,
) || die( $cpan->error );

# Queries authors information details using ElasticSearch format
my $list_obj = $cpan->author( $filter_object ) ||
    die( $cpan->error );

# Queries authors information using a prefix
my $list_obj = $cpan->author( prefix => 'O' ) || 
    die( $cpan->error );

# Retrieves authors information using their specified IDs
my $list_obj = $cpan->author( user => [qw( FepgBJBZQ8u92eG_TcyIGQ 6ZuVfdMpQzy75_Mazx2_nw )] ) || 
    die( $cpan->error );

This method is used to query the CPAN REST API for a specific author, a list of authors, or search an author using a query. It takes a string, an array reference, an hash or alternatively an hash reference as possible parameters.

author -> /author/{author}

If a string is provided representing a specific author, this will issue a query to the API endpoint /author/{author} to retrieve the information details for the specified author, such as:
```
/author/OALDERS
```
For example:
```
my $author_obj = $cpan->author( 'OALDERS' ) ||
    die( $cpan->error );
```
This would return, upon success, a Net::API::CPAN::Author object.

Note that the value of the author is case insensitive and will automatically be transformed in upper case, so you could also do:
```
my $author_obj = $cpan->author( 'OAlders' ) ||
    die( $cpan->error );
```
The following options are also supported:
- from
  
  An integer representing the offset starting from 0 within the total data.
- size
  
  An integer representing the size of each page, i.e. how many results are returned per page. This usually defaults to 10.
You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.
[author] -> /author/by_ids

And providing an array reference of authors will trigger a query to the API endpoint /author/by_ids, such as:
```
/author/by_ids?id=OALDERS&id=NEILB
```
For example:
```
my $list_obj = $cpan->author( [qw( OALDERS NEILB )] ) || 
    die( $cpan->error );
```
This would, upon success, return a Net::API::CPAN::List object of Net::API::CPAN::Author objects.

You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.
query -> /author

If the property query is provided, this will trigger a simple search query to the endpoint /author, such as:
```
/author?q=Tokyo
```
For example:
```
my $list_obj = $cpan->author(
    query => 'Tokyo',
    from => 10,
    size => 10,
) || die( $cpan->error );
```
will find all authors related to Tokyo.

This would, upon success, return a Net::API::CPAN::List object of Net::API::CPAN::Author objects.

You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.
prefix -> /author/by_prefix/{prefix}

However, if the property prefix is provided, this will issue a query to the endpoint /author/by_prefix/{prefix}, such as:
```
/author/by_prefix/O
```
which will find all authors whose Pause ID starts with the specified prefix; in this example, the letter O

For example:
```
my $list_obj = $cpan->author( prefix => 'O' ) || 
    die( $cpan->error );
```
This would, upon success, return a Net::API::CPAN::List object of Net::API::CPAN::Author objects.

The following options are also supported:
- from
  
  An integer representing the offset starting from 0 within the total data.
- size
  
  An integer representing the size of each page, i.e. how many results are returned per page. This usually defaults to 10.
You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.
user -> /author/by_user

And if the property user is provided, this will issue a query to the endpoint /author/by_user, such as:
```
/author/by_user?user=FepgBJBZQ8u92eG_TcyIGQ&user=6ZuVfdMpQzy75_Mazx2_nw
```
which will fetch the information for the authors whose user ID are FepgBJBZQ8u92eG_TcyIGQ and 6ZuVfdMpQzy75_Mazx2_nw (here respectively corresponding to the authors OALDERS and HAARG)

For example:
```
my $list_obj = $cpan->author( user => [qw( FepgBJBZQ8u92eG_TcyIGQ 6ZuVfdMpQzy75_Mazx2_nw )] ) || 
    die( $cpan->error );
```
This would, upon success, return a Net::API::CPAN::List object of Net::API::CPAN::Author objects.

However, note that not all CPAN account have a user ID, surprisingly enough.

You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.
search filter -> /author/_search

And if a search filter is passed, this will trigger a more advanced ElasticSearch query to the endpoint /author/_search using the HTTP POST method. See the Net::API::CPAN::Filter module on more details on what granular queries you can execute.

This would, upon success, return a Net::API::CPAN::List object of Net::API::CPAN::Author objects.

Upon failure, an error will be set and undef will be returned in scalar context, or an empty list in list context.

autocomplete

This takes a string and will issue a query to the endpoint /search/autocomplete to retrieve the result set based on the autocomplete search query specified, such as:

/search/autocomplete?q=HTTP

For example:

my $list_obj = $cpan->autocomplete( 'HTTP' ) || die( $cpan->error );

This would, upon success, return a Net::API::CPAN::List object of Net::API::CPAN::File objects.

You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.

Upon failure, an error will be set and undef will be returned in scalar context, or an empty list in list context.

changes

# Retrieves the specified distribution Changes file content
my $change_obj = $cpan->changes( distribution => 'HTTP-Message' ) ||
    die( $cpan->error );

# Retrieves one or more distribution Changes file details using author and release information
my $change_obj = $cpan->changes(
    author => 'OALDERS',
    release => 'HTTP-Message-6.36'
) || die( $cpan->error );

# Same:
my $change_obj = $cpan->changes( release => 'OALDERS/HTTP-Message-6.36' ) ||
    die( $cpan->error );

# With multiple author and releases
my $list_obj = $cpan->changes(
    author => [qw( OALDERS NEILB )],
    release => [qw( HTTP-Message-6.36 Data-HexDump-0.04 )]
) || die( $cpan->error );

# Same:
my $list_obj = $cpan->changes( release => [qw( OALDERS/HTTP-Message-6.36 NEILB/Data-HexDump-0.04 )] ) ||
    die( $cpan->error );

This method is used to query the CPAN REST API for one or more particular release's Changes (or CHANGES depending on the release) file content.

distribution -> /changes/{distribution}

If the property distribution is provided, this will issue a query to the endpoint /changes/{distribution} to retrieve a distribution Changes file details, such as:
```
/changes/HTTP-Message
```
For example:
```
my $change_obj = $cpan->changes( distribution => 'HTTP-Message' ) ||
    die( $cpan->error );
```
which will retrieve the Changes file information for the latest release of the specified distribution, and return a Net::API::CPAN::Changes object upon success.

You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.
release -> /changes/
author and release -> /changes/{author}/{release}

If the properties author and release have been provided or that the value of the property release has the form author/release, this will issue a query to the endpoint /changes/{author}/{release} to retrieve an author distribution Changes file details:
```
/changes/OALDERS/HTTP-Message-6.36
```
For example:
```
my $change_obj = $cpan->changes(
    author => 'OALDERS',
    release => 'HTTP-Message-6.36'
) || die( $cpan->error );
# or
my $change_obj = $cpan->changes( release => 'OALDERS/HTTP-Message-6.36' ) ||
    die( $cpan->error );
```
which will retrieve the Changes file information for the specified release, and return, upon success, a Net::API::CPAN::Changes object.

You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.
[author] and [release] -> /author/by_releases

And, if both properties author and release have been provided and are both an array reference of equal size, this will issue a query to the endpoint /author/by_releases to retrieve one or more distribution Changes file details using the specified author and release information, such as:
```
/changes/by_releases?release=OALDERS%2FHTTP-Message-6.37&release=NEILB%2FData-HexDump-0.04
```
For example:
```
my $list_obj = $cpan->changes(
    author => [qw( OALDERS NEILB )],
    release => [qw( HTTP-Message-6.36 Data-HexDump-0.04 )]
) || die( $cpan->error );
```
Alternatively, you can provide the property release having, as value, an array reference of author/release, such as:
```
my $list_obj = $cpan->changes(
    release => [qw(
        OALDERS/HTTP-Message-6.36
        NEILB/Data-HexDump-0.04
    )]
) || die( $cpan->error );
```
which will retrieve the Changes file information for the specified releases, and return, upon success, a Net::API::CPAN::List object of Net::API::CPAN::Changes objects.

You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.

Upon failure, an error will be set and undef will be returned in scalar context, or an empty list in list context.

clientinfo

This issue a query to the endpoint https://clientinfo.metacpan.org and retrieves the information of the various base URL.

It returns an hash reference with the following structure:

{
    future => {
        domain => "https://fastapi.metacpan.org/",
        url => "https://fastapi.metacpan.org/v1/",
        version => "v1",
    },
    production => {
        domain => "https://fastapi.metacpan.org/",
        url => "https://fastapi.metacpan.org/v1/",
        version => "v1",
    },
    testing => {
        domain => "https://fastapi.metacpan.org/",
        url => "https://fastapi.metacpan.org/v1/",
        version => "v1",
    },
}

Each of the URL is an URL object.

contributor

# Retrieves a list of module contributed to by the specified PauseID
my $list_obj = $cpan->contributor( author => 'OALDERS' ) ||
    die( $cpan->error );

# Retrieves a list of module contributors details
my $list_obj = $cpan->contributor(
    author => 'OALDERS'
    release => 'HTTP-Message-6.37'
) || die( $cpan->error );

This method is used to query the CPAN REST API for either the list of releases a CPAN account has contributed to, or to get the list of contributors for a specified release.

author -> /contributor/by_pauseid/{author}

If the property author is provided, this will issue a query to the endpoint /contributor/by_pauseid/{author} to retrieve a list of module contributed to by the specified PauseID, such as:
```
/contributor/by_pauseid/OALDERS
```
For example:
```
my $list_obj = $cpan->contributor( author => 'OALDERS' ) ||
    die( $cpan->error );
```
This will, upon success, return a Net::API::CPAN::List object of Net::API::CPAN::Contributor objects containing the details of the release to which the specified author has contributed.

You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.
author and release -> /contributor/{author}/{release}

And if the properties author and release are provided, this will issue a query to the endpoint /contributor/{author}/{release} to retrieve a list of release contributors details, such as:
```
/contributor/OALDERS/HTTP-Message-6.36
```
For example:
```
my $list_obj = $cpan->contributor(
    author => 'OALDERS'
    release => 'HTTP-Message-6.37'
) || die( $cpan->error );
```
This will, upon success, return a Net::API::CPAN::List object of Net::API::CPAN::Contributor objects containing the specified release information and the pauseid of all the authors who have contributed to the specified release.

You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.

Upon failure, an error will be set and undef will be returned in scalar context, or an empty list in list context.

cover

This method is used to query the CPAN REST API to the endpoint /v1/cover/{release} to get the cover information including distribution name, release name, version and download URL, such as:

/cover/HTTP-Message-6.37

For example:

my $cover_obj = $cpan->cover(
    release => 'HTTP-Message-6.37',
) || die( $cpan->error );

It returns, upon success, a Net::API::CPAN::Cover object.

Upon failure, an error will be set and undef will be returned in scalar context, or an empty list in list context.

diff

# Retrieves a diff of two files with output as JSON
my $diff_obj = $cpan->diff(
    file1 => 'AcREzFgg3ExIrFTURa0QJfn8nto',
    file2 => 'Ies7Ysw0GjCxUU6Wj_WzI9s8ysU',
    # Default
    accept => 'application/json',
) || die( $cpan->error );

# Retrieves a diff of two files with output as plain text
my $diff_text = $cpan->diff(
    file1 => 'AcREzFgg3ExIrFTURa0QJfn8nto',
    file2 => 'Ies7Ysw0GjCxUU6Wj_WzI9s8ysU',
    # Default
    accept => 'text/plain',
) || die( $cpan->error );

# Retrieves a diff of two releases with output as JSON
my $diff_obj = $cpan->diff(
    author1 => 'OALDERS',
    # This is optional if it is the same
    author2 => 'OALDERS',
    release1 => 'HTTP-Message-6.35'
    release2 => 'HTTP-Message-6.36'
    # Default
    accept => 'application/json',
) || die( $cpan->error );

# Retrieves a diff of two releases with output as plain text
my $diff_text = $cpan->diff(
    author1 => 'OALDERS',
    # This is optional if it is the same
    author2 => 'OALDERS',
    release1 => 'HTTP-Message-6.35'
    release2 => 'HTTP-Message-6.36'
    # Default
    accept => 'text/plain',
) || die( $cpan->error );

# Retrieves a diff of the latest release and its previous version with output as JSON
my $diff_obj = $cpan->diff(
    distribution => 'HTTP-Message',
    # Default
    accept => 'application/json',
) || die( $cpan->error );

# Retrieves a diff of the latest release and its previous version with output as plain text
my $diff_text = $cpan->diff(
    distribution => 'HTTP-Message',
    # Default
    accept => 'text/plain',
) || die( $cpan->error );

This method is used to query the CPAN REST API to get the diff output between 2 files, or 2 releases.

file1 and file2 -> /diff/file/{file1}/{file2}

If the properties file1 and file2 are provided, this will issue a query to the endpoint /diff/file/{file1}/{file2}, such as:
```
/diff/file/AcREzFgg3ExIrFTURa0QJfn8nto/Ies7Ysw0GjCxUU6Wj_WzI9s8ysU
```
The result returned will depend on the optional accept property, which is, by default application/json, but can also be set to text/plain.

When set to application/json, this will retrieve the result as JSON data and return a Net::API::CPAN::Diff object. If this is set to text/plain, then this will return a raw diff output as a string encoded in Perl internal utf-8 encoding.

You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.
author1, author2, release1, and release2 -> /diff/release/{author1}/{release1}/{author2}/{release2}

If the properties author1, author2, release1, and release2 are provided, this will issue a query to the endpoint /diff/release/{author1}/{release1}/{author2}/{release2}, such as:
```
/diff/release/OALDERS/HTTP-Message-6.35/OALDERS/HTTP-Message-6.36
```
For example:
```
my $diff_obj = $cpan->diff(
    author1 => 'OALDERS',
    # This is optional if it is the same
    author2 => 'OALDERS',
    release1 => 'HTTP-Message-6.35'
    release2 => 'HTTP-Message-6.36'
    # Default
    accept => 'application/json',
) || die( $cpan->error );
```
Note that, if author1 and author2 are the same, author2 is optional.

It is important, however, that the release specified with release1 belongs to author1 and the release specified with release2 belongs to author2

You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.
distribution -> /diff/release/{distribution}

You can also specify the property distribution, and this will issue a query to the endpoint /diff/release/{distribution}, such as:
```
/diff/release/HTTP-Message
```
For example:
```
my $diff_obj = $cpan->diff(
    distribution => 'HTTP-Message',
    # Default
    accept => 'application/json',
) || die( $cpan->error );
```
If accept is set to application/json, which is the default value, this will return a Net::API::CPAN::Diff object representing the difference between the previous version and current version for the release of the distribution specified. If, however, accept is set to text/plain, a string of the diff output will be returned encoded in Perl internal utf-8 encoding.

You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.

Upon failure, an error will be set and undef will be returned in scalar context, or an empty list in list context.

distribution

# Retrieves a distribution information details
my $dist_obj = $cpan->distribution( 'HTTP-Message' ) ||
    die( $cpan->error );

# Queries distribution information details using simple search
my $list_obj = $cpan->distribution(
    query => 'HTTP',
    from => 10,
    size => 10,
) || die( $cpan->error );

# Queries distribution information details using advanced search with ElasticSearch
my $list_obj = $cpan->distribution( $filter_object ) ||
    die( $cpan->error );

This method is used to query the CPAN REST API to retrieve distribution information.

distribution -> /distribution/{distribution}

If a string representing a distribution is provided, it will issue a query to the endpoint /distribution/{distribution} to retrieve a distribution information details, such as:
```
/distribution/HTTP-Message
```
For example:
```
my $dist_obj = $cpan->distribution( 'HTTP-Message' ) ||
    die( $cpan->error );
```
This will return, upon success, a Net::API::CPAN::Distribution object.

You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.
query -> /distribution

If the property query is provided, this will trigger a simple search query to the endpoint /distribution, such as:
```
/distribution?q=HTTP
```
For example:
```
my $list_obj = $cpan->distribution(
    query => 'HTTP',
    from => 10,
    size => 10,
) || die( $cpan->error );
```
This would return, upon success, a Net::API::CPAN::List object of Net::API::CPAN::Distribution objects.

The following options are also supported:
- from
  
  An integer representing the offset starting from 0 within the total data.
- size
  
  An integer representing the size of each page, i.e. how many results are returned per page. This usually defaults to 10.
  
  You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.
- search filter -> /distribution
  
  And if a search filter is passed, this will trigger a more advanced ElasticSearch query to the endpoint /distribution using the HTTP POST method. See the Net::API::CPAN::Filter module on more details on what granular queries you can execute.
  
  This would return, upon success, a Net::API::CPAN::List object of Net::API::CPAN::Distribution objects.

Upon failure, an error will be set and undef will be returned in scalar context, or an empty list in list context.

download_url

# Retrieve the latest release download URL information details
my $dl_obj = $cpan->download_url( 'HTTP::Message' ) ||
    die( $cpan->error );

This method is used to query the CPAN REST API to retrieve the specified module latest release download_url information.

module -> /download_url/{module}

If a string representing a module is provided, it will issue a query to the endpoint /download_url/{module} to retrieve the download URL information details of the specified module, such as:
```
/download_url/HTTP::Message
```
This will return, upon success, a Net::API::CPAN::DownloadUrl object.

The following options are also supported:
- dev
```
# Retrieves a development release
my $dl_obj = $cpan->download_url( 'HTTP::Message',
{
    dev => 1,
    version => '>1.01',
}) || die( $cpan->error );
```
  Specifies if the release is a development version.
- version
```
# Retrieve the download URL of a specific release version
my $dl_obj = $cpan->download_url( 'HTTP::Message',
{
    version => '1.01',
}) || die( $cpan->error );

# or, using a range
my $dl_obj = $cpan->download_url( 'HTTP::Message',
{
    version => '<=1.01',
}) || die( $cpan->error );
my $dl_obj = $cpan->download_url( 'HTTP::Message',
{
    version => '>1.01,<=2.00',
}) || die( $cpan->error );
```
  Specifies the version requirement or version range requirement.
  
  Supported range operators are == != <= >= < > !
  
  Separate the ranges with a comma when specifying multiple ranges.
You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.

Upon failure, an error will be set and undef will be returned in scalar context, or an empty list in list context.

favorite

# Queries favorites using a simple search
my $list_obj = $cpan->favorite(
    query => 'HTTP',
    from => 10,
    size => 10,
) || die( $cpan->error );

# Queries favorites using a advanced search with ElasticSearch format
my $list_obj = $cpan->favorite( $filter_object ) ||
    die( $cpan->error );

# Retrieves favorites agregate by distributions as an hash reference
# e.g.: HTTP-Message => 63
my $hash_ref = $cpan->favorite( aggregate => 'HTTP-Message' ) ||
    die( $cpan->error );

# Same
my $hash_ref = $cpan->favorite( agg => 'HTTP-Message' ) ||
    die( $cpan->error );

# Same with multiple distributions
my $hash_ref = $cpan->favorite( aggregate => [qw( HTTP-Message Data-HexDump)] ) ||
    die( $cpan->error );

# Same
my $hash_ref = $cpan->favorite( agg => [qw( HTTP-Message Data-HexDump)] ) ||
    die( $cpan->error );

# Retrieves list of users who favorited a distribution as an array reference
# e.g. [ '9nGbVdZ4QhO4Ia5ZhNpjtg', 'c4QLX0YORN6-quL15MGwqg', ... ]
my $array_ref = $cpan->favorite( distribution => 'HTTP-Message' ) ||
    die( $cpan->error );

# Retrieves user favorites information details
my $list_obj = $cpan->favorite( user => 'q_15sjOkRminDY93g9DuZQ' ) ||
    die( $cpan->error );

# Retrieves top favorite distributions a.k.a. leaderboard as an array reference
my $array_ref = $cpan->favorite( leaderboard => 1 ) ||
    die( $cpan->error );

# Retrieves list of recent favorite distribution
my $list_obj = $cpan->favorite( recent => 1 ) ||
    die( $cpan->error );

This method is used to query the CPAN REST API to retrieve favorite information.

query -> /favorite

If the property query is provided, this will trigger a simple search query to the endpoint /favorite, such as:
```
/favorite?q=HTTP
```
For example:
```
my $list_obj = $cpan->favorite( query => 'HTTP' ) || 
    die( $cpan->error );
```
which will find all favorite related to the query term HTTP.

This would return, upon success, a Net::API::CPAN::List object of Net::API::CPAN::Favorite objects.

The following options are also supported:
- from
  
  An integer representing the offset starting from 0 within the total data.
- size
  
  An integer representing the size of each page, i.e. how many results are returned per page. This usually defaults to 10.
You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.
search filter -> /favorite

And if a search filter is passed, this will trigger a more advanced ElasticSearch query to the endpoint /favorite using the HTTP POST method. See the Net::API::CPAN::Filter module on more details on what granular queries you can execute.

This would return, upon success, a Net::API::CPAN::List object of Net::API::CPAN::Favorite objects.
aggregate or agg -> /favorite/agg_by_distributions

If the property aggregate or agg, for short, is provided, this will issue a query to the endpoint /favorite/agg_by_distributions to retrieve favorites agregate by distributions, such as:
```
/favorite/agg_by_distributions?distribution=HTTP-Message&distribution=Data-HexDump
```
For example:
```
my $hash_ref = $cpan->favorite( aggregate => 'HTTP-Message' ) ||
    die( $cpan->error );
my $hash_ref = $cpan->favorite( aggregate => [qw( HTTP-Message Data-HexDump)] ) ||
    die( $cpan->error );
```
The aggregate value can be either a string representing a distribution, or an array reference of distributions

This would return, upon success, a Net::API::CPAN::List object of Net::API::CPAN::Favorite objects.

You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.
distribution -> /favorite/users_by_distribution/{distribution}

If the property distribution is provided, will issue a query to the endpoint /favorite/users_by_distribution/{distribution} to retrieves the list of users who favorited the specified distribution, such as:
```
/favorite/users_by_distribution/HTTP-Message
```
For example:
```
my $array_ref = $cpan->favorite( distribution => 'HTTP-Message' ) ||
    die( $cpan->error );
```
This would return, upon success, a Net::API::CPAN::List object of Net::API::CPAN::Favorite objects.

You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.
user -> /favorite/by_user/{user}

If the property user is provided, this will issue a query to the endpoint /favorite/by_user/{user} to retrieve the specified user favorites information details, such as:
```
/favorite/by_user/q_15sjOkRminDY93g9DuZQ
```
For example:
```
my $list_obj = $cpan->favorite( user => 'q_15sjOkRminDY93g9DuZQ' ) ||
    die( $cpan->error );
```
This would return, upon success, a Net::API::CPAN::List object of Net::API::CPAN::Favorite objects.

You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.
leaderboard -> /favorite/leaderboard

If the property leaderboard is provided with any value true or false does not matter, this will issue a query to the endpoint /favorite/leaderboard to retrieve the top favorite distributions a.k.a. leaderboard, such as:
```
/favorite/leaderboard
```
For example:
```
my $array_ref = $cpan->favorite( leaderboard => 1 ) ||
    die( $cpan->error );
```
This would return, upon success, a Net::API::CPAN::List object of Net::API::CPAN::Favorite objects.

You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.
recent -> /favorite/recent

Finally, if the property recent is provided with any value true or false does not matter, this will issue a query to the endpoint /favorite/recent to retrieve the list of recent favorite distributions, such as:
```
/favorite/recent
```
For example:
```
my $list_obj = $cpan->favorite( recent => 1 ) ||
    die( $cpan->error );
```
This would return, upon success, a Net::API::CPAN::List object of Net::API::CPAN::Favorite objects.

The following options are also supported:
- page
  
  An integer representing the page offset starting from 1.
- size
  
  An integer representing the size of each page, i.e. how many results are returned per page. This usually defaults to 10.
You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.

Upon failure, an error will be set and undef will be returned in scalar context, or an empty list in list context.

file

# Queries files using simple search
my $list_obj = $cpan->file(
    query => 'HTTP',
    from => 10,
    size => 10,
) || die( $cpan->error );

# Queries files with advanced search using ElasticSearch
my $list_obj = $cpan->file( $filter_object ) ||
    die( $cpan->error );

# Retrieves a directory content
my $list_obj = $cpan->file(
    author => 'OALDERS',
    release => 'HTTP-Message-6.36',
    dir => 'lib/HTTP',
) || die( $cpan->error );

# Retrieves a file information details
my $file_obj = $cpan->file(
    author => 'OALDERS',
    release => 'HTTP-Message-6.36',
    path => 'lib/HTTP/Message.pm',
) || die( $cpan->error );

This method is used to query the CPAN REST API to retrieve file information.

query -> /file

If the property query is provided, this will trigger a simple search query to the endpoint /file, such as:
```
/file?q=HTTP
```
For example:
```
my $list_obj = $cpan->file(
    query => 'HTTP',
    from => 10,
    size => 10,
) || die( $cpan->error );
```
will find all files related to HTTP.

This would return a Net::API::CPAN::List object upon success.

The following options are also supported:
- from
  
  An integer representing the offset starting from 0 within the total data.
- size
  
  An integer representing the size of each page, i.e. how many results are returned per page. This usually defaults to 10.
You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.
search filter -> /file

And if a search filter is passed, this will trigger a more advanced ElasticSearch query to the endpoint /file using the HTTP POST method. See the Net::API::CPAN::Filter module on more details on what granular queries you can execute.
```
my $list_obj = $cpan->file( $filter_object ) ||
    die( $cpan->error );
```
This would return, upon success, a Net::API::CPAN::List object of Net::API::CPAN::File objects.
author, release and dir -> /file/dir/{author}/{release}/{dir}

If the properties, author, release and dir are provided, this will issue a query to the endpoint /file/dir/{author}/{release}/{dir} to retrieve the specified directory content, such as:
```
/file/dir/OALDERS/HTTP-Message-6.36/lib/HTTP
```
For example:
```
my $list_obj = $cpan->file(
    author => 'OALDERS',
    release => 'HTTP-Message-6.36',
    dir => 'lib/HTTP',
) || die( $cpan->error );
```
For this to yield correct results, the dir specified must be a directory.

This would return, upon success, a Net::API::CPAN::List object of all the files and directories contained within the specified directory.

You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.
author, release and path -> /file/{author}/{release}/{path}

If the properties, author, release and path are provided, this will issue a query to the endpoint /file/{author}/{release}/{path} to retrieve the specified file (or directory) information details, such as:
```
/file/OALDERS/HTTP-Message-6.36/lib/HTTP/Message.pm
```
For example:
```
my $file_obj = $cpan->file(
    author => 'OALDERS',
    release => 'HTTP-Message-6.36',
    path => 'lib/HTTP/Message.pm',
) || die( $cpan->error );
```
This would return, upon success, a Net::API::CPAN::File object of the information retrieved.

Note that the path can point to either a file or a directory within the given release.

You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.

Upon failure, an error will be set and undef will be returned in scalar context, or an empty list in list context.

first

This takes a string and will issue a query to the endpoint /search/first to retrieve the first result found based on the search query specified, such as:

/search/first?q=HTTP

For example:

my $list_obj = $cpan->first( 'HTTP' ) || die( $cpan->error );

This would, upon success, return a Net::API::CPAN::Module object.

You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.

history

# Retrieves the history of a given module
my $list_obj = $cpan->history(
    type => 'module',
    module => 'HTTP::Message',
    path => 'lib/HTTP/Message.pm',
) || die( $cpan->error );

# Retrieves the history of a given distribution file
my $list_obj = $cpan->history(
    type => 'file',
    distribution => 'HTTP-Message',
    path => 'lib/HTTP/Message.pm',
) || die( $cpan->error );

# Retrieves the history of a given module documentation
my $list_obj = $cpan->history(
    type => 'documentation',
    module => 'HTTP::Message',
    path => 'lib/HTTP/Message.pm',
) || die( $cpan->error );

This method is used to query the CPAN REST API to retrieve file history information.

module -> /search/history/module

If the property module is provided, this will trigger a query to the endpoint /search/history/module to retrieve the history of a given module, such as:
```
/search/history/module/HTTP::Message/lib/HTTP/Message.pm
```
For example:
```
my $list_obj = $cpan->history(
    type => 'module',
    module => 'HTTP::Message',
    path => 'lib/HTTP/Message.pm',
) || die( $cpan->error );
```
will find all module history related to the module HTTP::Message.

This would return a Net::API::CPAN::List object upon success.

You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.
file -> /search/history/file

If the property file is provided, this will trigger a query to the endpoint /search/history/file to retrieve the history of a given distribution file, such as:
```
/search/history/file/HTTP-Message/lib/HTTP/Message.pm
```
For example:
```
my $list_obj = $cpan->history(
    type => 'file',
    distribution => 'HTTP-Message',
    path => 'lib/HTTP/Message.pm',
) || die( $cpan->error );
```
will find all files history related to the distribution HTTP-Message.

This would return a Net::API::CPAN::List object upon success.

You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.
documentation -> /search/history/documentation

If the property documentation is provided, this will trigger a query to the endpoint /search/history/documentation to retrieve the history of a given module documentation, such as:
```
/search/history/documentation/HTTP::Message/lib/HTTP/Message.pm
```
For example:
```
my $list_obj = $cpan->history(
    type => 'documentation',
    module => 'HTTP::Message',
    path => 'lib/HTTP/Message.pm',
) || die( $cpan->error );
```
will find all documentation history related to the module HTTP::Message.

This would return a Net::API::CPAN::List object upon success.

You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.

mirror

my $list_obj = $cpan->mirror;

This would return, upon success, a Net::API::CPAN::List object.

Actually there is no mirroring anymore, because for some time now CPAN runs on a CDN (Content Distributed Network) which performs the same result, but transparently.

See more on this here

This endpoint also has search capability, but given there is now only one entry, it is completely useless.

You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.

Upon failure, an error will be set and undef will be returned in scalar context, or an empty list in list context.

module

# Queries modules with a simple search
my $list_obj = $cpan->module(
    query => 'HTTP',
    from => 10,
    size => 10,
) || die( $cpan->error );

# Queries modules with an advanced search using ElasticSearch
my $list_obj = $cpan->module( $filter_object ) ||
    die( $cpan->error );

# Retrieves the specified module information details
my $module_obj = $cpan->module(
    module => 'HTTP::Message',
) || die( $cpan->error );

# And if you want to join with other object types
my $module_obj = $cpan->module(
    module => 'HTTP::Message',
    join => [qw( release author )],
) || die( $cpan->error );

This method is used to query the CPAN REST API to retrieve module information.

query -> /module

If the property query is provided, this will trigger a simple search query to the endpoint /module, such as:
```
/module?q=HTTP
```
For example:
```
my $list_obj = $cpan->module( query => 'HTTP' ) || 
    die( $cpan->error );
```
will find all modules related to HTTP.

This would return a Net::API::CPAN::List object upon success.

The following options are also supported:
- from
  
  An integer representing the offset starting from 0 within the total data.
- size
  
  An integer representing the size of each page, i.e. how many results are returned per page. This usually defaults to 10.
You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.
search filter -> /module

And if a search filter is passed, this will trigger a more advanced ElasticSearch query to the endpoint /module using the HTTP POST method. See the Net::API::CPAN::Filter module on more details on what granular queries you can execute.

This would return a Net::API::CPAN::List object upon success.
$module -> /module/{module}

If a string representing a module is provided, this will be used to issue a query to the endpoint /module/{module} to retrieve the specified module information details, such as:
```
/module/HTTP::Message
```
For example:
```
my $module_obj = $cpan->module(
    module => 'HTTP::Message',
    join => [qw( release author )],
) || die( $cpan->error );
```
This would return, upon success, a Net::API::CPAN::Module object.

The following options are also supported:
- join
  
  You can join a.k.a. merge other objects data by setting join to that object type, such as release or author. join value can be either a string or an array of object types.
You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.

Upon failure, an error will be set and undef will be returned in scalar context, or an empty list in list context.

package

# Queries packages with a simple search
my $list_obj = $cpan->package(
    query => 'HTTP',
    from => 10,
    size => 10,
) || die( $cpan->error );

# Queries packages with an advanced search using ElasticSearch
my $list_obj = $cpan->package( $filter_object ) ||
    die( $cpan->error );

# Retrieves the list of a distribution packages
my $list_obj = $cpan->package( distribution => 'HTTP-Message' ) ||
    die( $cpan->error );

# Retrieves the latest release and package information for the specified module
my $package_obj = $cpan->package( 'HTTP::Message' ) ||
    die( $cpan->error );

This method is used to query the CPAN REST API to retrieve package information.

query -> /package

If the property query is provided, this will trigger a simple search query to the endpoint /package, such as:
```
/package?q=HTTP
```
For example:
```
my $list_obj = $cpan->package( query => 'HTTP' ) || 
    die( $cpan->error );
```
will find all packages related to HTTP.

This would return, upon success, a Net::API::CPAN::List object of Net::API::CPAN::Package

The following options are also supported:
- from
  
  An integer representing the offset starting from 0 within the total data.
- size
  
  An integer representing the size of each page, i.e. how many results are returned per page. This usually defaults to 10.
You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.
search filter -> /package

And if a search filter is passed, this will trigger a more advanced ElasticSearch query to the endpoint /package using the HTTP POST method. See the Net::API::CPAN::Filter module on more details on what granular queries you can execute.
distribution -> /package/modules/{distribution}

If the property distribution is provided, this will issue a query to the endpoint /package/modules/{distribution} to retrieve the list of a distribution packages, such as:
```
/package/modules/HTTP-Message
```
For example:
```
my $list_obj = $cpan->package( distribution => 'HTTP-Message' ) ||
    die( $cpan->error );
```
This would return, upon success, an array object containing all the modules name provided within the specified distribution.

You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.
$package -> /package/{module}

If a string representing a package name is directly passed, this will issue a query to the endpoint /package/{module} to retrieve the latest release and package information for the specified module, such as:
```
/package/HTTP::Message
```
For example:
```
my $package_obj = $cpan->package( 'HTTP::Message' ) ||
    die( $cpan->error );
```
This would return, upon success, a Net::API::CPAN::Package object.

You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.

Upon failure, an error will be set and undef will be returned in scalar context, or an empty list in list context.

permission

# Queries permissions with a simple search
my $list_obj = $cpan->permission(
    query => 'HTTP',
    from => 10,
    size => 10,
) || die( $cpan->error );

# Queries permissions with an advanced search using ElasticSearch
my $list_obj = $cpan->permission( $filter_object ) ||
    die( $cpan->error );

# Retrieves permission information details for the specified author
my $list_obj = $cpan->permission(
    author => 'OALDERS',
    from => 40,
    size => 20,
) || die( $cpan->error );

# Retrieves permission information details for the specified module
my $list_obj = $cpan->permission(
    module => 'HTTP::Message',
) || die( $cpan->error );

# Retrieves permission information details for the specified modules
my $list_obj = $cpan->permission(
    module => [qw( HTTP::Message Data::HexDump )],
) || die( $cpan->error );

This method is used to query the CPAN REST API to retrieve package information.

query -> /permission

If the property query is provided, this will trigger a simple search query to the endpoint /permission, such as:
```
/permission?q=HTTP
```
For example:
```
my $list_obj = $cpan->permission(
    query => 'HTTP',
    from => 10,
    size => 10,
) || die( $cpan->error );
```
will find all permissions related to HTTP.

This would return, upon success, a Net::API::CPAN::List object of Net::API::CPAN::Permission objects.

The following options are also supported:
- from
  
  An integer representing the offset starting from 0 within the total data.
- size
  
  An integer representing the size of each page, i.e. how many results are returned per page. This usually defaults to 10.
You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.
search filter -> /permission

And if a search filter is passed, this will trigger a more advanced ElasticSearch query to the endpoint /permission using the HTTP POST method. See the Net::API::CPAN::Filter module on more details on what granular queries you can execute.
author -> /permission/by_author/{author}

If the property author is provided, this will trigger a simple search query to the endpoint /permission/by_author/{author} to retrieve the permission information details for the specified author, such as:
```
/permission/by_author/OALDERS?from=40&q=HTTP&size=20
```
For example:
```
my $list_obj = $cpan->permission(
    author => 'OALDERS',
    from => 40,
    size => 20,
) || die( $cpan->error );
```
This would return, upon success, a Net::API::CPAN::List object of Net::API::CPAN::Permission objects.

You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.
module -> /permission/{module}

If the property module is provided, and its value is a string, this will issue a query to the endpoint /permission/{module} to retrieve permission information details for the specified module, such as:
```
/permission/HTTP::Message
```
For example:
```
my $list_obj = $cpan->permission(
    module => 'HTTP::Message',
) || die( $cpan->error );
```
This would return, upon success, a Net::API::CPAN::Permission object.

You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.
[module] -> /permission/by_module

If the property module is provided, and its value is an array reference, this will issue a query to the endpoint /permission/by_module to retrieve permission information details for the specified modules, such as:
```
/permission/by_module?module=HTTP%3A%3AMessage&module=Data%3A%3AHexDump
```
For example:
```
my $list_obj = $cpan->permission(
    module => [qw( HTTP::Message Data::HexDump )],
) || die( $cpan->error );
```
This would return, upon success, a Net::API::CPAN::List object of Net::API::CPAN::Permission objects.

You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.

Upon failure, an error will be set and undef will be returned in scalar context, or an empty list in list context.

pod

# Returns the POD of the given module in the 
# specified release in markdown format
my $string = $cpan->pod(
    author => 'OALDERS',
    release => 'HTTP-Message-6.36',
    path => 'lib/HTTP/Message.pm',
    accept => 'text/x-markdown',
) || die( $cpan->error );

# Returns the POD of the given module in 
# markdown format
my $string = $cpan->pod(
    module => 'HTTP::Message',
    accept => 'text/x-markdown',
) || die( $cpan->error );

# Renders the specified POD code into HTML
my $html = $cpan->pod(
    render => qq{=encoding utf-8\n\n=head1 Hello World\n\nSomething here\n\n=oops\n\n=cut\n}
) || die( $cpan->error );

This method is used to query the CPAN REST API to retrieve pod documentation from specified modules and to render pod into HTML data.

author, release and path -> /pod/{author}/{release}/{path}

If the properties author, release and path are provided, this will issue a query to the endpoint /pod/{author}/{release}/{path} to retrieve the POD of the given module in the specified release, such as:
```
/pod/OALDERS/HTTP-Message-6.36/lib/HTTP/Message.pm
```
For example:
```
my $string = $cpan->pod(
    author => 'OALDERS',
    release => 'HTTP-Message-6.36',
    path => 'lib/HTTP/Message.pm',
    accept => 'text/x-markdown',
) || die( $cpan->error );
```
This would return a string of data in the specified format, which can be one of text/html, text/plain, text/x-markdown or text/x-pod. By default this is text/html. The preferred data type is specified with the property accept

The following options are also supported:
- accept
  
  This value instructs the MetaCPAN API to return the pod data in the desired format.
  
  Supported formats are: text/html, text/plain, text/x-markdown, text/x-pod
You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.
module -> /v1/pod/{module}

If the property module is provided, this will issue a query to the endpoint /v1/pod/{module} to retrieve the POD of the specified module, such as:
```
/pod/HTTP::Message
```
For example:
```
my $string = $cpan->pod(
    module => 'HTTP::Message',
    accept => 'text/x-markdown',
) || die( $cpan->error );
```
Just like the previous one, this would return a string of data in the specified format (in the above example markdown), which can be one of text/html, text/plain, text/x-markdown or text/x-pod. By default this is text/html. The preferred data type is specified with the property accept.

The following options are also supported:
- accept
  
  This value instructs the MetaCPAN API to return the pod data in the desired format.
  
  Supported formats are: text/html, text/plain, text/x-markdown, text/x-pod
You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.
render -> /pod_render

If the property render is provided with a string of POD data, this will issue a query to the endpoint /pod_render, such as:
```
/pod_render?pod=%3Dencoding+utf-8%0A%0A%3Dhead1+Hello+World%0A%0ASomething+here%0A%0A%3Doops%0A%0A%3Dcut%0A
```
For example:
```
my $html = $cpan->pod(
    render => qq{=encoding utf-8\n\n=head1 Hello World\n\nSomething here\n\n=oops\n\n=cut\n}
) || die( $cpan->error );
```
This would return a string of HTML formatted data.

You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.

Upon failure, an error will be set and undef will be returned in scalar context, or an empty list in list context.

rating

# Queries permissions with a simple search
my $list_obj = $cpan->rating(
    query => 'HTTP',
    from => 10,
    size => 10,
) || die( $cpan->error );

# Queries permissions with an advanced search using ElasticSearch format
my $list_obj = $cpan->rating( $filter_object ) ||
    die( $cpan->error );

# Retrieves rating information details of the specified distribution
my $list_obj = $cpan->rating(
    distribution => 'HTTP-Tiny',
) || die( $cpan->error );

This method is used to query the CPAN REST API to retrieve rating historical data for the specified search query or distribution.

It is worth mentioning that although this endpoint still works, CPAN Ratings has been decommissioned some time ago, and thus its usefulness is questionable.

query -> /rating

If the property query is provided, this will trigger a simple search query to the endpoint /rating, such as:
```
/rating?q=HTTP
```
For example:
```
my $list_obj = $cpan->rating(
    query => 'HTTP',
    from => 10,
    size => 10,
) || die( $cpan->error );
```
will find all ratings related to HTTP.

This would return a Net::API::CPAN::List object upon success.

The following options are also supported:
- from
  
  An integer representing the offset starting from 0 within the total data.
- size
  
  An integer representing the size of each page, i.e. how many results are returned per page. This usually defaults to 10.
You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.
search filter -> /rating

And if a search filter is passed, this will trigger a more advanced ElasticSearch query to the endpoint /rating using the HTTP POST method. See the Net::API::CPAN::Filter module on more details on what granular queries you can execute.
distribution -> /rating/by_distributions

If a property distribution is provided, this will issue a query to the endpoint /rating/by_distributions to retrieve rating information details of the specified distribution, such as:
```
/rating/by_distributions?distribution=HTTP-Tiny
```
For example:
```
my $list_obj = $cpan->rating(
    distribution => 'HTTP-Tiny',
) || die( $cpan->error );
```
This would return, upon success, a Net::API::CPAN::List object of Net::API::CPAN::Rating objects.

You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.

Upon failure, an error will be set and undef will be returned in scalar context, or an empty list in list context.

release

# Perform a simple query
my $list_obj = $cpan->release(
    query => 'HTTP',
    from => 10,
    size => 10,
) || die( $cpan->error );

# Perform an advanced query using ElasticSearch format
my $list_obj = $cpan->release( $filter_object ) ||
    die( $cpan->error );

# Retrieves a list of all releases for a given author
my $list_obj = $cpan->release(
    all => 'OALDERS',
    page => 2,
    size => 100,
) || die( $cpan->error );

# Retrieves a shorter list of all releases for a given author
my $list_obj = $cpan->release( author => 'OALDERS' ) ||
    die( $cpan->error );

# Retrieve a release information details
my $release_obj = $cpan->release(
    author => 'OALDERS',
    release => 'HTTP-Message-6.36',
) || die( $cpan->error );

# Retrieves the latest distribution release information details
my $release_obj = $cpan->release(
    distribution => 'HTTP-Message',
) || die( $cpan->error );

# Retrieves the list of contributors for the specified distributions
my $list_obj = $cpan->release(
    author => 'OALDERS',
    release => 'HTTP-Message-6.36',
    contributors => 1,
) || die( $cpan->error );

# Retrieves the list of release key files by category
my $hash_ref = $cpan->release(
    author => 'OALDERS',
    release => 'HTTP-Message-6.36',
    files => 1,
) || die( $cpan->error );

# Retrieves the list of interesting files for the given release
my $list_obj = $cpan->release(
    author => 'OALDERS',
    release => 'HTTP-Message-6.36',
    # You can also use just 'interesting'
    interesting_files => 1,
) || die( $cpan->error );

# Get latest releases by the specified author
my $list_obj = $cpan->release(
    author => 'OALDERS',
    latest => 1,
) || die( $cpan->error );

# Get the latest releases for the specified distribution
my $release_obj = $cpan->release(
    distribution => 'HTTP-Message',
    latest => 1,
) || die( $cpan->error );

# Retrieves the list of modules in the specified release
my $list_obj = $cpan->release(
    author => 'OALDERS',
    release => 'HTTP-Message-6.36',
    modules => 1,
) || die( $cpan->error );

# Get the list of recent releases
my $list_obj = $cpan->release(
    recent => 1,
) || die( $cpan->error );

# get all releases by versions for the specified distribution
my $list_obj = $cpan->release(
    versions => 'HTTP-Message',
) || die( $cpan->error );

This method is used to query the CPAN REST API to retrieve release information.

query -> /release

If the property query is provided, this will trigger a simple search query to the endpoint /release, such as:
```
/release?q=HTTP
```
For example:
```
my $list_obj = $cpan->release(
    query => 'HTTP',
    from => 10,
    size => 10,
) || die( $cpan->error );
```
will find all releases related to HTTP.

This would return, upon success, a Net::API::CPAN::List object of Net::API::CPAN::Release objects.

The following options are also supported:
- from
  
  An integer representing the offset starting from 0 within the total data.
- size
  
  An integer representing the size of each page, i.e. how many results are returned per page. This usually defaults to 10.
You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.
search filter -> /release

And if a search filter is passed, this will trigger a more advanced ElasticSearch query to the endpoint /release using the HTTP POST method. See the Net::API::CPAN::Filter module on more details on what granular queries you can execute.
all -> /release/all_by_author/{author}

If the property all is provided, this will issue a query to the endpoint /release/all_by_author/{author} to get all releases by the specified author, such as:
```
/release/all_by_author/OALDERS?page=2&page_size=100
```
For example:
```
my $list_obj = $cpan->release(
    all => 'OALDERS',
    page => 2,
    size => 100,
) || die( $cpan->error );
```
This would return, upon success, a Net::API::CPAN::List object of Net::API::CPAN::Release objects.

The following options are also supported:
- page
  
  An integer representing the page offset starting from 1.
- size
  
  An integer representing the size of each page, i.e. how many results are returned per page. This usually defaults to 10.
You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.
author -> /release/by_author/{author}

If the property author alone is provided, this will issue a query to the endpoint /release/by_author/{author} to get releases by author, such as:
```
/release/by_author/OALDERS
```
For example:
```
my $list_obj = $cpan->release( author => 'OALDERS' ) ||
    die( $cpan->error );
```
This would return a Net::API::CPAN::List object upon success.

Note that this is similar to all, but returns a subset of all the author's data.

The following options are also supported:
- page
  
  An integer representing the page offset starting from 1.
- size
  
  An integer representing the size of each page, i.e. how many results are returned per page. This usually defaults to 10.
You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.
author and release -> /v1/release/{author}/{release}

If the property author and release are provided, this will issue a query to the endpoint /v1/release/{author}/{release} tp retrieve a distribution release information, such as:
```
/release/OALDERS/HTTP-Message-6.36
```
For example:
```
my $release_obj = $cpan->release(
    author => 'OALDERS',
    release => 'HTTP-Message-6.36',
) || die( $cpan->error );
```
This would return a Net::API::CPAN::Release object upon success.

The following options are also supported:
- join
  
  You can join a.k.a. merge other objects data by setting join to that object type, such as module or author. join value can be either a string or an array of object types.
You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.
distribution -> /release/{distribution}

If the property distribution alone is provided, this will issue a query to the endpoint /release/{distribution} to retrieve a release information details., such as:
```
/release/HTTP-Message
```
For example:
```
my $release_obj = $cpan->release(
    distribution => 'HTTP-Message',
) || die( $cpan->error );
```
This would return a Net::API::CPAN::Release object upon success.

The following options are also supported:
- join
  
  You can join a.k.a. merge other objects data by setting join to that object type, such as module or author. join value can be either a string or an array of object types.
You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.
contributors, author and release -> /release/contributors/{author}/{release}

If the property contributors, author and release are provided, this will issue a query to the endpoint /release/contributors/{author}/{release} to retrieve the list of contributors for the specified release, such as:
```
/release/contributors/OALDERS/HTTP-Message-6.36
```
For example:
```
my $list_obj = $cpan->release(
    author => 'OALDERS',
    release => 'HTTP-Message-6.36',
    contributors => 1,
) || die( $cpan->error );
```
This would return, upon success, a Net::API::CPAN::List object of Net::API::CPAN::Release objects. :List> object upon success.

The following options are also supported:
- join
  
  You can join a.k.a. merge other objects data by setting join to that object type, such as module or author. join value can be either a string or an array of object types.
You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.
files, author and release -> /release/files_by_category/{author}/{release}

If the property files, author and release are provided, this will issue a query to the endpoint /release/files_by_category/{author}/{release} to retrieve the list of key files by category for the specified release, such as:
```
/release/files_by_category/OALDERS/HTTP-Message-6.36
```
For example:
```
my $hash_ref = $cpan->release(
    author => 'OALDERS',
    release => 'HTTP-Message-6.36',
    files => 1,
) || die( $cpan->error );
```
This would return an hash object of the following category names, each having, as their value, an array of the specified release files.

The categories are:
- changelog
  
  This is typically the Changes or CHANGES file.
- contributing
  
  This is typically the CONTRIBUTING.md file.
- dist
  
  This is typically other files that are part of the release, such as cpanfile, Makefile.PL, dist.ini, META.json, META.yml, MANIFEST.
- install
  
  This is typically the INSTALL file.
- license
  
  This is typically the LICENSE file.
- other
  
  This is typically the README.md file.
You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.
interesting_files, author and release -> /release/interesting_files/{author}/{release}

If the property interesting_files (or also just interesting), author and release are provided, this will issue a query to the endpoint /release/interesting_files/{author}/{release} to retrieve the list of release interesting files for the specified release, such as:
```
/release/interesting_files/OALDERS/HTTP-Message-6.36
```
For example:
```
my $list_obj = $cpan->release(
    author => 'OALDERS',
    release => 'HTTP-Message-6.36',
    interesting_files => 1,
) || die( $cpan->error );
```
This would return, upon success, a Net::API::CPAN::List object of Net::API::CPAN::Release objects.

You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.
latest, and author -> /release/latest_by_author/{author}

If the property latest, and author are provided, this will issue a query to the endpoint /release/latest_by_author/{author} to retrieve the latest releases by the specified author, such as:
```
/release/latest_by_author/OALDERS
```
For example:
```
my $list_obj = $cpan->release(
    author => 'OALDERS',
    latest => 1,
) || die( $cpan->error );
```
This would return, upon success, a Net::API::CPAN::List object of Net::API::CPAN::Release objects.

You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.
latest, and distribution -> /release/latest_by_distribution/{distribution}

If the property latest, and distribution are provided, this will issue a query to the endpoint /release/latest_by_distribution/{distribution} to retrieve the latest releases of the specified distribution, such as:
```
/release/latest_by_distribution/HTTP-Message
```
For example:
```
my $release_obj = $cpan->release(
    distribution => 'HTTP-Message',
    latest => 1,
) || die( $cpan->error );
```
This would return, upon success, a Net::API::CPAN::Release object representing the latest release for the specified distribution.

You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.
modules, author, and release -> /release/modules/{author}/{release}

If the property modules, author, and release are provided, this will issue a query to the endpoint /release/modules/{author}/{release} to retrieve the list of modules in the specified distribution, such as:
```
/release/modules/OALDERS/HTTP-Message-6.36
```
For example:
```
my $list_obj = $cpan->release(
    author => 'OALDERS',
    release => 'HTTP-Message-6.36',
    modules => 1,
) || die( $cpan->error );
```
This would return, upon success, a Net::API::CPAN::List object of Net::API::CPAN::Release objects.

The following options are also supported:
- join
  
  You can join a.k.a. merge other objects data by setting join to that object type, such as module or author. join value can be either a string or an array of object types.
You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.
recent -> /release/recent

If the property recent, alone is provided, this will issue a query to the endpoint /release/recent to retrieve the list of recent releases, such as:
```
/release/recent
```
For example:
```
my $list_obj = $cpan->release(
    recent => 1,
) || die( $cpan->error );
```
This would return, upon success, a Net::API::CPAN::List object of Net::API::CPAN::Release objects.

The following options are also supported:
- page
  
  An integer specifying the page offset starting from 1.
- size
  
  An integer representing the size of each page, i.e. how many results are returned per page. This usually defaults to 10.
You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.
versions -> distribution

If the property versions is provided having a value representing a distribution, this will issue a query to the endpoint /release/versions/{distribution} to retrieve all releases by versions for the specified distribution, such as:
```
/release/versions/HTTP-Message
```
For example:
```
my $list_obj = $cpan->release(
    distribution => 'HTTP-Message',
    # or, alternatively: version => '6.35,6.36,6.34',
    versions => [qw( 6.35 6.36 6.34 )],
    # Set this to true to get a raw list of version -> download URL instead of a list object
    # plain => 1,
) || die( $cpan->error );
```
This would return, upon success, a Net::API::CPAN::List object of all the distribution versions released.

The following options are also supported:
- versions
  
  An array reference of versions to return, or a string specifying the version(s) to return as a comma-sepated value
- plain
  
  A boolean value specifying whether the result should be returned in plain mode.
You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API and here for the result in plain text mode.

Upon failure, an error will be set and undef will be returned in scalar context, or an empty list in list context.

reverse

# Returns a list of all the modules who depend on the specified distribution
my $list_obj = $cpan->reverse( distribution => 'HTTP-Message' ) ||
    die( $cpan->error );

# Returns a list of all the modules who depend on the specified module
my $list_obj = $cpan->reverse( module => 'HTTP::Message' ) ||
    die( $cpan->error );

This method is used to query the CPAN REST API to retrieve reverse dependencies, i.e. releases on CPAN that depend on the specified distribution or module.

distribution -> /reverse_dependencies/dist/{distribution}

If the property distribution representing a distribution is provided, this will issue a query to the endpoint /reverse_dependencies/dist/{distribution} to retrieve a list of all the modules who depend on the specified distribution, such as:
```
/reverse_dependencies/dist/HTTP-Message
```
For example:
```
my $list_obj = $cpan->reverse( distribution => 'HTTP-Message' ) ||
    die( $cpan->error );
```
This would return, upon success, a Net::API::CPAN::List object of Net::API::CPAN::Release objects.

The following options are also supported:
- page
  
  An integer representing the page offset starting from 1.
- size
  
  An integer representing the size of each page, i.e. how many results are returned per page. This usually defaults to 10.
- sort
  
  A string representing a field specifying how the result is sorted.
You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.
module -> /reverse_dependencies/module/{module}

If the property module representing a module is provided, this will issue a query to the endpoint /reverse_dependencies/module/{module} to retrieve a list of all the modules who depend on the specified module, such as:
```
/reverse_dependencies/module/HTTP::Message
```
For example:
```
my $list_obj = $cpan->reverse( module => 'HTTP::Message' ) ||
    die( $cpan->error );
```
This would return, upon success, a Net::API::CPAN::List object of Net::API::CPAN::Release objects.

The following options are also supported:
- page
  
  An integer representing the page offset starting from 1.
- size
  
  An integer representing the size of each page, i.e. how many results are returned per page. This usually defaults to 10.
- sort
  
  A string representing a field specifying how the result is sorted.
You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.

Upon failure, an error will be set and undef will be returned in scalar context, or an empty list in list context.

reverse_dependencies

This is an alias for "reverse"

search

Provided with an hash or hash reference of options and this performs a search query and returns a Net::API::CPAN::List object, or an Net::API::CPAN::Scroll depending on the type of search query requested.

There are 3 types of search query:

1. Using HTTP GET method
2. Using HTTP POST method with Elastic Search query
3. Using HTTP POST method with Elastic Search query using scroll

source

# Retrieves the source code of the given module path within the specified release
my $string = $cpan->source(
    author => 'OALDERS',
    release => 'HTTP-Message-6.36',
    path => 'lib/HTTP/Message.pm',
) || die( $cpan->error );

# Retrieves the full source of the latest, authorized version of the specified module
my $string = $cpan->source( module => 'HTTP::Message' ) ||
    die( $cpan->error );

This method is used to query the CPAN REST API to retrieve the source code or data of the specified release element or module.

author, release and path -> /source/{author}/{release}/{path}

If the properties author, release and path are provided, this will issue a query to the endpoint /source/{author}/{release}/{path} to retrieve the source code of the given module path within the specified release, such as:
```
/source/OALDERS/HTTP-Message-6.36/lib/HTTP/Message.pm
```
For example:
```
my $string = $cpan->source(
    author => 'OALDERS',
    release => 'HTTP-Message-6.36',
    path => 'lib/HTTP/Message.pm',
) || die( $cpan->error );
```
This will return a string representing the source data of the file located at the specified path and release.

You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.
module -> /source/{module}

If the properties module is provided, this will issue a query to the endpoint /source/{module} to retrieve the full source of the latest, authorized version of the specified module, such as:
```
/source/HTTP::Message
```
For example:
```
my $string = $cpan->source( module => 'HTTP::Message' ) ||
    die( $cpan->error );
```
This will return a string representing the source data of the specified module.

You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.

Upon failure, an error will be set and undef will be returned in scalar context, or an empty list in list context.

suggest

This takes a string and will issue a query to the endpoint /search/autocomplete/suggest to retrieve the suggested result set based on the autocomplete search query, such as:

/search/autocomplete/suggest?q=HTTP

For example:

my $list_obj = $cpan->suggest( query => 'HTTP' ) || die( $cpan->error );

This would, upon success, return a Net::API::CPAN::List object of Net::API::CPAN::Release::Suggest objects.

You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.

top_uploaders

This will issue a query to the endpoint /release/top_uploaders to retrieve an hash object of the top uploading authors with the total as the key's value, such as:

/release/top_uploaders

For example:

my $hash_ref = $cpan->top_uploaders || die( $cpan->error );

This would return, upon success, an hash object of author and their recent total number of release upload on CPAN

For example:

{
    OALDERS => 12,
    NEILB => 7,
}

The following options are also supported:

range

A string specifying the result range. Valid values are all, weekly, monthly or yearly. It defaults to weekly
size

An integer representing the size of each page, i.e. how many results are returned per page. This usually defaults to 10.

You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.

Upon failure, an error will be set and undef will be returned in scalar context, or an empty list in list context.

web

This takes a string and will issue a query to the endpoint /search/web to retrieve the result set based on the search query specified similar to the one on the MetaCPAN website, such as:

/search/web?q=HTTP

For example:

my $list_obj = $cpan->web(
    query => 'HTTP',
    from => 0,
    size => 10,
) || die( $cpan->error );

This would, upon success, return a Net::API::CPAN::List object of Net::API::CPAN::Module objects.

Search terms can be:

can be unqualified string, such as paging
can be author, such as author:OALDERS
can be module, such as module:HTTP::Message
can be distribution, such as dist:HTTP-Message

The following options are also supported:

collapsed

Boolean. When used, this forces a collapsed even when searching for a particular distribution or module name.
from

An integer that represents offset to use in the result set.
size

An integer that represents the number of results per page.

You can try it out on CPAN Explorer to see the data returned by the CPAN REST API.

Upon failure, an error will be set and undef will be returned in scalar context, or an empty list in list context.

TERMINOLOGY

The MetaCPAN REST API has quite a few endpoints returning sets of data containing properties. Below are the meanings of some of those keywords:

author

For example JOHNDOE

This is a CPAN id, and distribution author. It is also referred as cpanid
cpanid

For example JOHNDOE

See author
contributor

For example: JOHNDOE

A contributor is a CPAN author who is contributing code to an author's distribution.
distribution

For example: HTTP-Message

This is a bundle of modules distributed over CPAN and available for download. A distribution goes through a series of releases over the course of its lifetime.
favorite

favorite relates to the appreciation a distribution received by having registered and non-registered user marking it as one of their favorite distributions.
file

A file is an element of a distribution
module

For example HTTP::Message

This has the same meaning as in Perl. See perlmod for more information on Perl modules.
package

For example HTTP::Message

This is similar to module, but a package is a class and a module is a file.
permission

A permission defines the role a user has over a distribution and is one of owner or co_maintainer
release

For example: HTTP-Message-6.36

A release is a distribution being released with a unique version number.
reverse_dependencies

This relates to the distributions depending on any given distribution

ERRORS

This module does not die or croak, but instead set an error object using "error" in Module::Generic and returns undef in scalar context, or an empty list in list context.

You can retrieve the latest error object set by calling error inherited from Module::Generic

Errors issued by this distributions are all instances of class Net::API::CPAN::Exception

METACPAN OPENAPI SPECIFICATIONS

From the information I could gather, I have produced the specifications for Open API v3.0.0 for your reference. You can also find it here in JSON format.

AUTHOR

Jacques Deguest <jack@deguest.jp>

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

To install Net::API::CPAN, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.

cpanm

cpanm Net::API::CPAN

CPAN shell

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Net::API::CPAN

For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.

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