NAME

WebService::Xero::Agent - Base Class for API Connections

VERSION

Version 0.11

SYNOPSIS

This is the base class for the Xero API agents that integrate with the Xero Web Application APIs.

You should not need to use this directly but should use one of the derived classes.

see the following for usage examples:

perldoc WebService::Xero::Agent::PrivateApplication
perldoc WebService::Xero::Agent::PublicApplication

METHODS

new()

default base constructor - includes properties used by child classes.

_validate_agent()

To be implemented in derived classes to validate the configuration of the agent.

get_all_xero_products_from_xero()

Experimental: a shortcut to do_xero_api_call

get_all_customer_invoices_from_xero()

Experimental: a shortcut to do_xero_api_call

do_xero_api_call()

INPUT PARAMETERS AS A LIST ( NOT NAMED )

* $uri (required) - the API endpoint URI ( eg 'https://api.xero.com/api.xro/2.0/Contacts/') * $method (optional) - 'POST' or 'GET' .. PUT not currently supported * $xml (optional) - the payload for POST updates as XML

RETURNS

  The response is requested in JSON format which is then processed into a Perl structure that
  is returned to the caller.

api_error

Experimental: place to catch known API errors - TODO

api_account_organisation()

Experimental: a shortcut to dp_xero_api_call that returns 
a WebService::Xero::Organisation object describing the organisation that provides the API.

as_text

just a quick debugging method.

get_status

return a text description of the last communication with the Xero API

AUTHOR

Peter Scott, <peter at computerpros.com.au>

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-ccp-xero at rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=CCP-Xero. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

perldoc WebService::Xero

You can also look for information at:

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2016 Peter Scott.

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