NAME
WWW::Dilbert - Retrieve Dilbert of the day comic strip images
SYNOPSIS
use WWW::Dilbert qw(get_strip mirror_strip strip_url);
# Get the URL for todays strip
my $image_url = strip_url();
# Get todays strip
my $image_blob = get_strip();
# Get a specific strip by specifying the ID
my $ethical_garbage_man = get_strip("2666040051128");
# Write todays strip to local_filename.gif on disk
my $filename_written = mirror_strip("local_filename.gif");
# Write a specific strip to mystrip.gif on disk
my $filename_written = mirror_strip("mystrip.gif","2666040051128");DESCRIPTION
This module will download the latest Dilbert of the Day cartoon strip from the Dilbert website and return a binary blob of the image, or write it to disk.
EXPORTS
The following functions can be exported with the :all export tag, or individually as is show in the above example.
strip_url
# Return todays strip URL
my $url = strip_url();
# Return the strip matching ID 200512287225
$url = strip_url("200512287225");Accepts an optional argument strip ID argument.
get_strip
# Get todays comic strip image
my $image_blob = get_strip();Accepts an optional argument strip ID argument.
mirror_strip
# Write todays comic strip to "mystrip.gif" on disk
my $filename_written = mirror_strip("mystrip.gif");Accepts two optional arguments. The first is the filename that the comic strip should be written to on disk. The second specifies the strip ID.
Returns the name of the file that was written to disk.
VERSION
$Id: Dilbert.pm,v 1.19 2006/01/12 22:30:11 nicolaw Exp $
AUTHOR
Nicola Worthington <nicolaw@cpan.org>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2004,2005,2006 Nicola Worthington.
This software is licensed under The Apache Software License, Version 2.0.