NAME

WebService::Technorati - a Perl interface to the Technorati web services interface

SYNOPSIS

use WebService::Technorati;

      my $apiKey = 'myverylongstringofcharacters';
      my $url = 'http://www.arachna.com/roller/page/spidaman';
      my $t = WebService::Technorati->new(key => $apiKey);
      my $q = $t->getCosmosApiQuery($url);
      $q->execute;
  
      my $linkedUrl = $q->getLinkQuerySubject();
      # do something with the linkedUrl
  
      my $links = $q->getInboundLinks();
      for my $link (@$links) {
          # do something with the link
      }

DESCRIPTION

The Technorati web services interfaces use REST wire protocol with a format described at http://developers.technorati.com/

USAGE

Please see the test files in t/ and samples in eg/ for examples on how to use WebServices::Technorati

BUGS

No bugs currently open

SUPPORT

Join the Technorati developers mailing list at http://mail.technorati.com/mailman/listinfo/developers

AUTHOR

            Ian Kallen
            ikallen at technorati.com
            http://developers.technorati.com

COPYRIGHT

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the following Creative Commons License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 as well as the indemnification provisions of the Apache 2.0 style license, the full text of which can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.

CREDITS

David Sifry defined the Technorati web services REST interface Erik Benson wrote the original Perl implementation

SEE ALSO

perl(1).

getCosmosApiQuery

     Usage     : getCosmosApiQuery('http://www.example.com')
     Purpose   : Instantiates a CosmosApiQuery with the given url
     Returns   : WebService::Technorati::CosmosApiQuery
     Argument  : a url
     Throws    : WebService::Technorati::InstantiationException when called 
               : without an api key
     Comments  : WebService::Technorati::CosmosApiQuery is a Perl interface to the Technorati
               : web services 'cosmos' interface 

See Also : WebService::Technorati::CosmosApiQuery

getSearchApiQuery

     Usage     : getSearchApiQuery('keyword')
     Purpose   : Instantiates a SearchApiQuery with the given keyword
     Returns   : a WebService::Technorati::SearchApiQuery that may be executed
     Argument  : a keyword search term
     Throws    : WebService::Technorati::InstantiationException when called 
               : without an api key
     Comments  : WebService::Technorati::SearchApiQuery is a Perl interface to the Technorati
               : web services 'search' interface 

See Also : WebService::Technorati::SearchApiQuery

getOutboundApiQuery

     Usage     : getOutboundApiQuery('http://www.example.com')
     Purpose   : Instantiates a OutboundApiQuery with the given url
     Returns   : WebService::Technorati::OutboundApiQuery
     Argument  : a url
     Throws    : WebService::Technorati::InstantiationException when called 
               : without an api key
     Comments  : WebService::Technorati::OutboundApiQuery is a Perl interface to the Technorati
               : web services 'outbound' interface 

See Also : WebService::Technorati::OutboundApiQuery

getAuthorinfoApiQuery

     Usage     : getAuthorinfoApiQuery('username')
     Purpose   : Instantiates a AuthorinfoApiQuery with the given username
     Returns   : WebService::Technorati::AuthorinfoApiQuery
     Argument  : a url
     Throws    : WebService::Technorati::InstantiationException when called 
               : without an api key
     Comments  : WebService::Technorati::AuthorinfoApiQuery is a Perl interface to the Technorati
               : web services 'getinfo' interface 

See Also : WebService::Technorati::AuthorinfoApiQuery

getBloginfoApiQuery

     Usage     : getBloginfoApiQuery('http://www.example.com')
     Purpose   : Instantiates a BloginfoApiQuery with the given url
     Returns   : WebService::Technorati::BloginfoApiQuery
     Argument  : a url
     Throws    : WebService::Technorati::InstantiationException when called 
               : without an api key
     Comments  : WebService::Technorati::BloginfoApiQuery is a Perl interface to the Technorati
               : web services 'bloginfo' interface 

See Also : WebService::Technorati::BloginfoApiQuery

STANDARD INSTALL

perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install

If you are on a windows box you should use 'nmake' rather than 'make'.