E2::ClientVersion - Load client version information from everything2.com

	use E2::ClientVersion;

	my $client = new E2::ClientVersion;

	$client->update;

	my $c = $client->clients;




	# Print the current and available version of e2interface

	my $ver   = $client->version;        # See E2::Interface;
	my $name  = $client->client_name;    # See E2::interface;

	print "We are using $name/$ver.";
	print "\nThe newest available version of $name is ";
	print $c->{$name}->{version};




	# List all registered e2 clients and their version numbers

	print "\n\nRegistered e2 clients:\n";
	foreach( keys %$c ) {
		print "$_: " . $c->{$_}->{version} . "\n";
	}

This module allows a user to load his session information This module provides an interface to everything2.com's search interface. It inherits E2::Ticker.

new

new creates an E2::Session object.

$client->update

This method fetches the list of registered clients from e2.

$client->clients

This metod returns a hashref to the information about registered clients on e2. The keys to this hashref are the names of the available clients, and the values are hashrefs to information about the clients with the following keys:

	name		# The client's name
	id		# The node_id of the client's superdoc
	version		# The most recent version of the client
	homepage	# The homepage of the client (URL)
	download	# The download page of the client (URL)
	maintainer	# The username of the client's maintainer
	maintainer_id	# The node_id of the client's maintainer

Example code:

	my $c = $client->clients;

	print $c->{e2client}->{version} # Prints the version number of 'e2client'

E2::Interface, E2::Ticker, http://everything2.com/?node=clientdev, http://everything2.com/?node=e2interface

Jose M. Weeks <jose@joseweeks.com> (Simpleton on E2)

This software is public domain.