NAME

Net::SRCDS::Queries - Perl interface to Source Server Queries

VERSION

This document describes Net::SRCDS::Queries version 0.0.4

SYNOPSIS

    use Net::SRCDS::Queries;
    use IO::Interface::Simple;
    use Term::Encoding qw(term_encoding);
    use YAML;

    # SRCDS is listening on local server, local address
    my $if       = IO::Interface::Simple->new('eth0');
    my $addr     = $if->address;
    my $port     = 27015;
    my $encoding = term_encoding;

    my $q = Net::SRCDS::Queries->new(
        encoding => $encoding,  # set encoding to convert from utf8
                                # for A2S_PLAYER query.
                                #
        timeout  => 5,          # change timeout. default is 3 seconds
    );
    $q->add_server( $addr, $port );
    warn YAML::Dump $q->get_all;

DESCRIPTION

This module is a Perl interface to the Valve Source Server Queries. See http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Source_Server_Queries for details.

Methods

new

    my $q = Net::SRCDS::Queries->new(
        encoding => $encoding,  # set encoding to convert from utf8
                                # for a2s_players query.
        timeout  => 5,          # change timeout. default is 3 seconds
    );

This creates an object. If encoding name is given, convert player name from utf8 to specified encoding.

add_server

    $q->add_server( $addr, $port );

adds server to server list for get_all method.

get_all

    my $result = $q->get_all;

send A2S_INFO, A2S_SERVERQUERY_GETCHALLENGE, A2S_RULES, A2S_PLAYER to server list and retrieve result.

send_challenge

    my $dest = sockaddr_in $port, inet_aton $addr;
    $self->send_challenge($dest);

send A2S_SERVERQUERY_GETCHALLENGE packet to the destination $dest.

send_a2s_info

    my $dest = sockaddr_in $port, inet_aton $addr;
    $self->send_a2s_info($dest);

send A2S_INFO packet to the destination $dest.

send_a2s_player

    my $dest = sockaddr_in $port, inet_aton $addr;
    $self->send_a2s_player( $dest, $challenge );

send A2S_PLAYER packet to the destination $dest.

send_a2s_rules

    my $dest = sockaddr_in $port, inet_aton $addr;
    $self->send_a2s_rules( $dest, $challenge );

send A2S_RULES packet to the destination $dest.

get_result

    my $result = $a2s->get_result;

retrieve result data

CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT

Net::SRCDS::Queries requires no configuration files or environment variables.

DEPENDENCIES

None.

INCOMPATIBILITIES

None reported.

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

No bugs have been reported.

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-net-srcds-queries@rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org.

AUTHOR

Masanori Hara <massa.hara at gmail.com>

LICENCE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2010, Masanori Hara <massa.hara at gmail.com>.

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See perlartistic.

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