NAME
WWW::BashOrg - simple module to obtain quotes from http://bash.org/
SYNOPSIS
#!/usr/bin/env perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use WWW::BashOrg;
die "Usage: perl $0 quote_number\n"
unless @ARGV;
my $b = WWW::BashOrg->new;
$b->get_quote(shift)
or die $b->error . "\n";
print "$b\n";
DESCRIPTION
A simple a module to obtain either a random quote or a quote by number from http://bash.org/.
CONSTRUCTOR
new
my $b = WWW::BashOrg->new;
my $b = WWW::BashOrg->new(
ua => LWP::UserAgent->new(
agent => 'Opera 9.5',
timeout => 30,
)
);
Returns a newly baked WWW::BashOrg
object. All arguments are options, so far only one argument is available:
ua
my $b = WWW::BashOrg->new(
ua => LWP::UserAgent->new(
agent => 'Opera 9.5',
timeout => 30,
)
);
Optional. Takes an LWP::UserAgent object as a value. This object will be used for fetching quotes from http://bash.org/. Defaults to:
LWP::UserAgent->new(
agent => 'Opera 9.5',
timeout => 30,
)
METHODS
get_quote
my $quote = $b->get_quote('202477')
or die $b->error;
Takes one mandatory argument - the number of the quote to fetch. Returns a string with the quote that was requested. If an error occurs, returns undef
and the reason for failure can be obtained using error()
method.
random
my $quote = $b->random
or die $b->error;
Takes no argumnets. Returns a random quote. If an error occurs, returns undef
and the reason for failure can be obtained using error()
method.
error
my $quote = $b->random
or die $b->error;
If an error occurs during execution of random()
or get_quote()
method will return the reason for failure.
quote
my $last_quote = $b->quote;
my $last_quote = "$b";
Takes no arguments. Must be called after a successfull call to either random()
or get_quote()
. Returns the same return value as last random()
or get_quote()
returned. This method is overloaded thus you can interpolate WWW::Bashorg
in a string to obtain the quote.
ua
my $old_ua = $b->ua;
$b->ua(
LWP::UserAgent->new( timeout => 20 ),
);
Returns current LWP::UserAgent object that is used for fetching quotes. Takes one option argument that must be an LWP::UserAgent object (or compatible) - this object will be used for any future requests.
AUTHOR
'Zoffix, <'zoffix at cpan.org'>
(http://haslayout.net/, http://zoffix.com/, http://zofdesign.com/)
BUGS
Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-www-bashorg at rt.cpan.org
, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=WWW-BashOrg. 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 WWW::BashOrg
You can also look for information at:
RT: CPAN's request tracker
AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation
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COPYRIGHT & LICENSE
Copyright 2009 'Zoffix, all rights reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.