• NAME
• DESCRIPTION
• SEE ALSO

NAME

CPAN::Search::Lite::Info - extract information from CPAN indices

DESCRIPTION

This module extracts information from the CPAN indices $CPAN/indices/ls-lR.gz, $CPAN/modules/03modlist.data.gz, $CPAN/modules/02packages.details.txt.gz, and $CPAN/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz. If a local CPAN mirror isn't present, it will use the files fetched from a remote CPAN mirror under CPAN by the CPAN::Search::Lite::Index manpage.

A CPAN::Search::Lite::Info object is created with

    my $info = CPAN::Search::Lite::Info(CPAN => $cpan);

where $cpan specifies the top-level CPAN directory underneath which the index files are found. Calling

    $info->fetch_info();

will result in the object being populated with 3 hash references:

• $info->{dists}
  
This contains information on distributions. Keys of this hash reference are the distribution names, with the associated value being a hash reference with keys of

version - the version of the CPAN file


filename - the CPAN filename


cpanid - the CPAN author id


description - a description, if available


size - the size of the file


date - the last modified date (YYYY/MM/DD) of the file


md5 - the CPAN md5 checksum of the file


modules - specifies the modules present in the distribution:


  for my $module (keys %{$info->{$distname}->{modules}}) {
    print "Module: $module\n";
  }

chapterid - specifies the chapterid and the subchapter for the distribution:


  for my $id (keys %{$info->{$distname}->{chapterid}}) {
    print "For chapterid $id\n";
    for my $sc (keys %{$info->{$distname}->{chapterid}->{$id}}) {
      print "   Subchapter: $sc\n";
    }
  }

requires - a hash reference whose keys are the names of prerequisite modules required for the package and whose values are the associated module versions. This information comes from the META.yml file processed in the CPAN::Search::Lite::Extract manpage.


• $info->{mods}
  
This contains information on modules. Keys of this hash reference are the module names, with the associated values being a hash reference with keys of

dist - the distribution name containing the module


version - the version


description - a description, if available


chapterid - the chapter id of the module, if present


dslip - a 5 character string specifying the dslip (development, support, language, interface, public licence) information.


• $info->{auths}
  
This contains information on CPAN authors. Keys of this hash reference are the CPAN ids, with the associated value being a hash reference with keys of

fullname - the author's full name


email - the author's email address

SEE ALSO

the CPAN::Search::Lite::Index manpage