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 $blog = $q->getSubjectBlog(); # do something with the blog 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'.