PerlX-QuoteOperator-URL/lib/PerlX/QuoteOperator/URL.pm
package PerlX::QuoteOperator::URL;
use strict;
use warnings;
use PerlX::QuoteOperator ();
use LWP::Simple ();
our $VERSION = '1.02';
sub import {
my ($class, $name) = @_;
my $caller = caller;
my $code = sub ($) { LWP::Simple::get( $_[0] ) };
my $ctx = PerlX::QuoteOperator->new;
$ctx->import( $name || 'qURL', { -emulate => 'qq', -with => $code }, $caller );
}
1;
__END__
=encoding utf-8
=head1 NAME
PerlX::QuoteOperator::URL - Quote-like operator returning http request for the URL provided.
=head1 VERSION
Version 1.02
=head1 SYNOPSIS
use PerlX::QuoteOperator::URL;
my $content = qURL( http://transfixedbutnotdead.com ); # does HTTP request
=head1 DESCRIPTION
This module provides a Quote-like operator which returns a HTTP request using the LWP::Simple module.
Please see L<PerlX::QuoteOperator> for more detail on Quote-like operators.
For now here is another example:
use PerlX::QuoteOperator::URL 'qh';
use JSON qw(decode_json);
say decode_json( qh{ http://twitter.com/statuses/show/6592721580.json } )->{text};
# => "He nose the truth."
=head1 EXPORT
By default 'qURL' is exported to calling package/program.
This can be changed by providing a name of your own choice:
use PerlX::QuoteOperator::URL 'q_http_request';
=head1 FUNCTIONS
=head2 import
Standard import subroutine.
=head1 SEE ALSO
NB. This module use to be part of the PerlX::QuoteOperator distro. It was removed at 0.05 (23rd Feb 2015)
=over 4
=item * L<PerlX::QuoteOperator>
=item * L<Acme::URL>
=item * L<http://transfixedbutnotdead.com/2009/12/16/url-develdeclare-and-no-strings-attached/>
=item * L<http://transfixedbutnotdead.com/2009/12/26/couple-of-cpan-pressies/>
=back
=head1 CONTRIBUTORS
Brian Rossmajer (https://github.com/BrianRossmajer) for Directory::Scratch removal patch at 1.01
=head1 AUTHOR
Barry Walsh, C<< <draegtun at cpan.org> >>
=head1 BUGS
Please report any bugs or feature requests to L<https://github.com/draegtun/PerlX-QuoteOperator-URL/issues>
=head1 SUPPORT
You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.
perldoc PerlX::QuoteOperator::URL
You can also look for information at:
=over 4
=item * Github issues and pull requests
L<https://github.com/draegtun/PerlX-QuoteOperator-URL/issues>
=item * AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation
L<http://annocpan.org/dist/PerlX-QuoteOperator-URL>
=item * CPAN Ratings
L<http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/PerlX-QuoteOperator-URL>
=item * Search CPAN
L<http://search.cpan.org/dist/PerlX-QuoteOperator-URL/>
=back
=head1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Inspired by this blog post: L<http://ozmm.org/posts/urls_in_ruby.html> and wanting to learn L<Devel::Declare>
=head1 DISCLAIMER
This is (near) beta software. I'll strive to make it better each and every day!
However I accept no liability I<whatsoever> should this software do what you expected ;-)
=head1 COPYRIGHT & LICENSE
Copyright 2015- Barry Walsh (Draegtun Systems Ltd | L<http://www.draegtun.com>), all rights reserved.
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.