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WWW-TubeUpdates-0.01
/ WWW::TubeUpdates

NAME

WWW::TubeUpdates - Interface to Tube Updates API.

VERSION

Version 0.01

DESCRIPTION

A very lightweight wrapper for the Tube Updates REST API provided by tubeupdates.com.

CONSTRUCTOR

The constructor requires optionally format type. It can be either XML / JSON. The default type is JSON.

    use strict; use warnings;
    use WWW::TubeUpdates;
    
    my ($tube);
    $tube = WWW::TubeUpdates->new('xml');
    # or
    $tube = WWW::TubeUpdates->new(format => 'xml');
    # or
    $tube = WWW::TubeUpdates->new({format => 'xml'});

METHODS

getStatus()

Returns the status of the given tube lines. Tube lines can be passed in as list or reference to a list. Following is the list of valid tube lines:

    +-----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
    | Id              | Description                                               |
    +-----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
    | all             | Wildcard for all lines                                    |
    | bakerloo        | Bakerloo Line                                             |
    | central         | Central Line                                              |
    | circle          | Circle Line                                               | 
    | district        | District Line                                             |
    | docklands       | Docklands                                                 |
    | hammersmithcity | Hammersmith & City Line                                   | 
    | jubilee         | Jubilee Line                                              |
    | metropolitan    | Metropolitan Line                                         |
    | northern        | Northern Line                                             | 
    | piccadilly      | Piccadilly Line                                           |
    | overground      | London Overground system                                  |  
    | tube            | Wildcard for all tube lines (excludes DLR and Overground) |
    | victoria        | Victoria Line                                             |
    | waterloocity    | Waterloo & City Line                                      | 
    +-----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+

    use strict; use warnings;
    use WWW::TubeUpdates;
    
    my $tube   = WWW::TubeUpdates->new('xml');
    print $tube->getStatus('circle') . "\n";
    # or
    print $tube->getStatus(['circle']) . "\n";
    # or
    print $tube->getStatus('circle', 'bakerloo') . "\n";
    # or
    print $tube->getStatus(['circle', 'bakerloo']) . "\n";

AUTHOR

Mohammad S Anwar, <mohammad.anwar at yahoo.com>

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-www-tubeupdates at rt.cpan.org or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=WWW-TubeUpdates. I will be notified & 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 WWW::TubeUpdates

You can also look for information at:

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Ben Dodson (author of TubeUpdates REST API).

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2011 Mohammad S Anwar.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either: the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; or the Artistic License.

See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ for more information.

DISCLAIMER

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.