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Net-EANSearch-1.06
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NAME

Net::EANSearch - Perl module for EAN and ISBN lookup and validation using the API on https://www.ean-search.org

SYNOPSIS

use Net::EANSearch;

my $eansearch = Net::EANSearch->new($API_TOKEN);

my $product = $eansearch->barcodeLookup('5099750442227');

my $book = $eansearch->isbnLookup('1119578884');

DESCRIPTION

Net::EANSearch is a class used to search the ean-search.org barcode database by EAN, ISBN or keyword.

METHODS

new($token)

Constructs a new Net::EANSearch object, used to send queries. Set the API token used for all subsequent queries.

barcodeLookup($ean [, $language])

Search the database for an EAN barcode.

Optionally, you can specify a preferred language for the result. See appendix B in the manual for all supported language codes.

isbnLookup($isbn)

Lookup book data for an ISBN number (ISBN-10 or ISBN-13 format).

barcodePrefixSearch($prefix [, $language, $page])

Search for all EANs starting with a certain prefix.

Optionally, you can specify a preferred language for the results.

If there are many results, you may need to page through the results to retrieve them all. Page numbers start at 1.

productSearch($name [, $language, $page])

Search the database by product name or keyword.

Optionally, you can specify a preferred language for the results.

If there are many results, you may need to page through the results to retrieve them all. Page numbers start at 1.

categorySearch($category, $name [, $language, $page])

Search a certain product category for a product name or keyword. See appendix C in the API manual for category numbers.

Optionally, you can specify a preferred language for the results.

If there are many results, you may need to page through the results to retrieve them all. Page numbers start at 1.

issuingCountry($ean)

Look up the country where the EAN code was registered. This may or may not be the country where the product was manufactured.

barcodeImage($ean [, $width, $height])

Generate a PNG image with the barcode for the EAN number.

verifyChecksum($ean)

Verify if the checksum in the EAN number is valid.

HOMEPAGE

The EAN database is hosted at https://www.ean-search.org.

For API keys visit https://www.ean-search.org/ean-database-api.html.

SOURCE

Source repository is at https://github.com/eansearch/perl-ean-search.

AUTHOR

Relaxed Communications GmbH, <info@relaxedcommunications.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright 2024 by Relaxed Communications GmbH, <info@relaxedcommunications.com>

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.30.0 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.