User Contributed Documentation CPAN::Testers::WWW::Reports::Query::Reports(3) NAME CPAN::Testers::WWW::Reports::Query::Reports - Retrieve CPAN Testers metadata direct from the CPAN Testers website. DESCRIPTION This module queries the CPAN Testers website and retrieves a data set. For a date request, the data set returned relates to the ids that can be retrieved for that date. A range request will return the records for the requested IDs. SYNOPSIS # establish the object my $query = CPAN::Testers::WWW::Reports::Query::Reports->new; # get list of ids for a particular date my $result = $query->date( '2012-02-08' # must be YYYY-MM-DD format ); # $query is a hash ref print "From: $result->{from}, To: $result->{to}, Range: $result->{range}\n"; # $result->{list} is an array of the actual ids posted for the given date. # note that this list may not include all ids within $result->{range}. print "List: " . join(', ',@{$result->{list}}) . "\n"; # get metabase for a range of ids my $result = $query->range( '20080300-20120330' # '20120330' # just get # '20120330-' # from until the latest [see caveat] # '-20120330' # previous reports up to [see caveat] # '-' # the latest reports [see caveat] ); # $result is a hash ref, with the reports ids as the top level keys my @ids = sort keys %$result; my $id = $ids[0]; print "id = $id, dist = '$result->{$id}{dist}', version = '$result->{$id}{version}'\n"; # get the raw data for all results, or a specific version if supplied my $data = $query->raw; Caveat When using the range parameter, note that at most 2500 records will be returned. This is to avoid accidental request for all the records! This value may change in the future. INTERFACE The Constructor · new Instatiates the object CPAN::WWW::Testers. Requires a hash of parameters, with 'config' being the only mandatory key. Note that 'config' can be anything that Config::IniFiles accepts for the -file option. Search Methods · date For the given date, returns a hash describing the IDs accessible for that date. · range For the given range, returns the metadata records stored for those IDs. Data Methods · raw Returns the raw content returned from the server. BUGS, PATCHES & FIXES There are no known bugs at the time of this release. However, if you spot a bug or are experiencing difficulties, that is not explained within the POD documentation, please send bug reports and patches to the RT Queue (see below). Fixes are dependant upon their severity and my availablity. Should a fix not be forthcoming, please feel free to (politely) remind me. RT Queue - http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=CPAN::Testers::WWW::Reports::Query::Reports SEE ALSO CPAN::Testers::Data::Generator, CPAN::Testers::WWW::Reports http://www.cpantesters.org/, http://stats.cpantesters.org/, http://wiki.cpantesters.org/ Initially released during the 2012 QA Hackathon in Paris. AUTHOR Barbie, for Miss Barbell Productions . COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE Copyright (C) 2012 Barbie for Miss Barbell Productions. This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the Artistic License 2.0. perl v5.10.1 CPAN::Testers::WWW::Reports::Query::Reports(3)