CGI-Application-Plugin-REST If you use the CGI::Application framework, this plugin will help you create a RESTful (that's the common term for "using REST") architecture by abstracting out a lot of the busy work needed to make it happen. INSTALLATION If you have the Module::Signature module installed, you can verify the integrity of this distribution by typing: cpansign -v Module::Signature requires GnuPG which you can get from: http://www.gnupg.org/download/ A binary version for Windows is available from that page. Then to install this module, run the following commands: perl Build.pl ./Build ./Build test ./Build install On Windows you don't need to type the preliminary ./ Alternatively, you can do: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install If you are using ActiveState perl on Windows and you don't have a make utility, you can download nmake from: http://download.microsoft.com/download/vc15/patch/1.52/w95/en-us/nmake15.exe (Replace make with nmake in the instructions above if you are using it.) If you are using Strawberry perl on Windows, it comes with a make utility called dmake. (Replace make with dmake in the instructions above if you are using it.) DEPENDENCIES This module is pure perl and should work with any version of perl, 5.008 or greater. It requires these other modules from CPAN: CGI::Application 4.04 REST-Utils 0.4 At build time you will need the above modules plus the following if you want to run the tests: Test::LongString Test::WWW::Mechanize::CGIApp The signature can be tested by installing the following module: Module::Signature and setting the environment variable TEST_SIGNATURE to 1. SUPPORT AND DOCUMENTATION After installing, you can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command. perldoc CGI::Application::Plugin::REST You can also look for information at: Search CPAN http://search.cpan.org/dist/CGI-Application-Plugin-REST CPAN Request Tracker: http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=CGI-Application-Plugin-REST AnnoCPAN, annotated CPAN documentation: http://annocpan.org/dist/CGI-Application-Plugin-REST CPAN Ratings: http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/CGI-Application-Plugin-REST COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE Copyright (C) 2010 Consolidated Braincells Inc. All rights reserved. This distribution is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either: a) the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version, or b) the Artistic License version 2.0. The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this distribution.