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


WebService-Technorati documentation Contained in the WebService-Technorati distribution.

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NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

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  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

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

USAGE

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

BUGS

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No bugs currently open

SUPPORT

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

AUTHOR

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

COPYRIGHT

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SEE ALSO

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perl(1).

getCosmosApiQuery

 Usage     : getCosmosApiQuery('http://developers.technorati.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://developers.technorati.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://developers.technorati.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


WebService-Technorati documentation Contained in the WebService-Technorati distribution.
package WebService::Technorati;
use strict;
use utf8;

use WebService::Technorati::SearchApiQuery;
use WebService::Technorati::CosmosApiQuery;
use WebService::Technorati::OutboundApiQuery;
use WebService::Technorati::AuthorinfoApiQuery;
use WebService::Technorati::BloginfoApiQuery;

BEGIN {
    use vars qw ($VERSION);
    $VERSION    = 0.04;
}

# $Id: Technorati.pm,v 1.4 2004/12/30 23:10:47 ikallen Exp $ 

########################################### main pod documentation begin ##

############################################# main pod documentation end ##


################################################ subroutine header begin ##

sub getCosmosApiQuery {
    my $self = shift;
    my $url = shift;
    my $q = WebService::Technorati::CosmosApiQuery->new(key => $self->{'key'}, url => $url);
    return $q;
}

sub getSearchApiQuery {
    my $self = shift;
    my $keyword = shift;
    my $q = WebService::Technorati::SearchApiQuery->new(key => $self->{'key'}, url => $keyword);
    return $q;
}


sub getOutboundApiQuery {
    my $self = shift;
    my $url = shift;
    my $q = WebService::Technorati::OutboundApiQuery->new(key => $self->{'key'}, url => $url);
    return $q;
}


sub getAuthorinfoApiQuery {
    my $self = shift;
    my $url = shift;
    my $q = WebService::Technorati::AuthorinfoApiQuery->new(key => $self->{'key'}, url => $url);
    return $q;
}


sub getBloginfoApiQuery {
    my $self = shift;
    my $url = shift;
    my $q = WebService::Technorati::BloginfoApiQuery->new(key => $self->{'key'}, url => $url);
    return $q;
}



################################################## subroutine header end ##


sub new {
    my ($class, %params) = @_;
    if (! exists $params{'key'}) {
        WebService::Technorati::InstantiationException->throw(
            "WebService::Technorati must be instantiated with at " .
            "least 'key => theverylongkeystring'"); 
    }
    my $self = bless (\%params, ref ($class) || $class);
    return $self;
}


1; #this line is important and will help the module return a true value
__END__