NAME WWW::xkcd - Synchronous and asynchronous interfaces to xkcd comics VERSION version 0.005 SYNOPSIS use WWW::xkcd; my $xkcd = WWW::xkcd->new; my ( $img, $comic ) = $xkcd->fetch; # provides latest comic say "Today's comic is titled: ", $comic->{'title'}; # and now to write it to file use IO::All; use File::Basename; $img > io( basename $comic->{'img'} ); # or in async mode $xkcd->fetch( sub { my ( $img, $comic ) = @_; say "Today's comic is titled: ", $comic->{'title'}; ... } ); DESCRIPTION This module allows you to access xkcd comics (http://www.xkcd.com/) using the official API in synchronous mode (what people are used to) or in asynchronous mode. The asynchronous mode requires you have AnyEvent and AnyEvent::HTTP available. However, since it's just *supported* and not *necessary*, it is not declared as a prerequisite. METHODS new Create a new WWW::xkcd object. # typical usage my $xkcd = WWW::xkcd->new; # it would be pointless to change these, but it's possible my $xkcd = WWW::xkcd->new( base_url => 'http://www.xkcd.com', infopath => 'info.0.json', ); fetch Fetch both the metadata and image of a comic. # fetching the latest my ( $comic, $meta ) = $xkcd->fetch; # fetching a specific one my ( $comic, $meta ) = $xkcd->fetch(20); # using callbacks for async mode $xkcd->fetch( sub { my ( $comic, $meta ) = @_; ... } ); # using callbacks for a specific one $xkcd->fetch( 20, sub { my ( $comic, $meta ) = @_; ... } ); This runs two requests: one to get the metadata using the API and the second to get the image itself. If you don't need the image, it would be better (and faster) for you to use the "fetch_metadata" method below. fetch_metadata Fetch just the metadata of the comic. my $meta = $xkcd->fetch_metadata; # using callbacks for async mode $xkcd->fetch_metadata( sub { my $meta = shift; ... } ); NAMING Why would you call it WWW::*xkcd* with all lower cases? Simply because that's what Randall Munroe who writes xkcd prefers. Taken verbatim from : How do I write "xkcd"? There's nothing in Strunk and White about this. For those of us pedantic enough to want a rule, here it is: The preferred form is "xkcd", all lower-case. In formal contexts where a lowercase word shouldn't start a sentence, "XKCD" is an okay alternative. "Xkcd" is frowned upon. DEPENDENCIES * Try::Tiny * HTTP::Tiny * JSON * Carp OPTIONAL DEPENDENCIES * AnyEvent * AnyEvent::HTTP AUTHOR Sawyer X COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This software is copyright (c) 2012 by Sawyer X. This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.