WWW::Alexa::API - A class implementation interface for querying Alexa.com for Traffic information.
use WWW::Alexa::API; my $alexa = WWW::Alexa::API->new(); my $alexa_response = $alexa->get('example.com');
The WWW::Alexa::API is a class implementation interface for querying Alexa.com for Traffic information. This offers the full Alexa API response in a hash object. See "OUTPUT" for the structure of the response.
WWW::Alexa::API
To use it, you should create a WWW::Alexa::API object and use its method to get(), to query information for a domain.
my $alexa = WWW::Alexa::API->new(%options); my $alexa_response = $alexa->get('alexa.com'); my $alexa_rank = $alexa_response->{SD}[1]->{POPULARITY}->{-TEXT}; if (defined $alexa_response->{DMOZ}) { ## Has DMOZ }
This method constructs a new WWW::Alexa::API object and returns it. Key/value pair arguments can be provided to set up an initial user agent. The following options allow specific attributes for LWP::UserAgent
LWP::UserAgent
KEY DEFAULT ------------ -------------------- agent "Opera 10.0" proxy undef timeout undef ip_address undef
agent specifies the header 'User-Agent' when querying Alexa. If the proxy option is passed in, requests will be made through specified proxy. proxy is the host which serve requests to Alexa. ip_address allows you to set an X-Real-IP header for LWP::UserAgent.
agent
proxy
ip_address
$VAR1 = { '-URL' => 'alexa.com/', '-VER' => '0.9', '-HOME' => '0', '-IDN' => 'alexa.com/', 'RLS' => { 'RL' => [ { '-TITLE' => 'Open Directory Project', '-HREF' => 'dmoz.org/' }, { '-TITLE' => 'Internet Archive', '-HREF' => 'archive.org/' }, { '-TITLE' => 'Wiki - AboutUs Wiki Page', '-HREF' => 'aboutus.org/' }, { '-TITLE' => 'Ask.com', '-HREF' => 'www.ask.com/' }, { '-TITLE' => 'StatCounter.com', 'HREF' => 'statcounter.com/' }, { '-TITLE' => 'Statbrain.com', '-HREF' => 'statbrain.com/' }, { '-TITLE' => 'SiteSell.com', '-HREF' => 'sitesell.com/' }, { '-TITLE' => 'Site Meter - Counter And Statistics Tracker', '-HREF' => 'sitemeter.com/' }, { '-TITLE' => "\x{631}\x{62a}\x{628}: \x{62a}\x{631}\x{62a}\x{64a}\x{628} \x{627}\x{644}\x{645}\x{648}\x{627}\x{642}\x{639} \x{627}\x{644}\x{639}\x{631}\x{628}\x{64a}\x{629}", '-HREF' => 'ratteb.com/' }, { '-TITLE' => 'Quantcast', '-HREF' => 'quantcast.com/' }, { '-TITLE' => 'www.amazon.com/', '-HREF' => 'www.amazon.com/' } ], '-more' => '65', '-PREFIX' => 'http://' }, '-AID' => '=', 'KEYWORDS' => { 'KEYWORD' => [ { '-VAL' => 'Opportunities' }, { '-VAL' => 'Partners Programs' }, { '-VAL' => 'Amazon Associates Program' } ] }, 'DMOZ' => { 'SITE' => { '-DESC' => 'Alexa is the leading provider of free, global web metrics. Search Alexa to discover the most successful sites on the web by keyword, category, or country. Use our analytics for competitive analysis, benchmarking, market research, or business development. Use Alexa\'s Pro tools to optimize your company\'s presence on the web.', '-TITLE' => 'Alexa Internet', '-BASE' => 'alexa.com/', 'CATS' => { 'CAT' => { '-ID' => 'Top/Computers/Internet/Statistics_and_Demographics/Internet_Traffic', '-CID' => '374841', '-TITLE' => 'Statistics and Demographics/Internet Traffic' } } } }, 'SD' => [ { 'COUNTRY' => { '-CODE' => 'US' }, '-TITLE' => 'A', '-FLAGS' => 'DMOZ', 'CHILD' => { '-SRATING' => '0' }, 'SPEED' => { '-TEXT' => '1611', '-PCT' => '52' }, 'LINKSIN' => { '-NUM' => '358113' }, 'ASSOCS' => { 'ASSOC' => { '-ID' => 'alexashopping-9' } }, 'CREATED' => { '-MONTH' => '07', '-DAY' => '17', '-YEAR' => '1996', '-DATE' => '17-Jul-1996' }, 'CERTIFIED' => { '-DATE' => '2013-12-03T00:00:03Z' }, 'ADDR' => { '-COUNTRY' => 'USA', '-ZIP' => '94129', '-STATE' => 'CA', '-CITY' => 'San Francisco', '-STREET' => 'Presidio of San Francisco, PO Box 29141' }, 'LANG' => { '-LEX' => 'en' }, 'SITEDATA' => { '-DISPLAY' => '7' }, 'REVIEWS' => { '-NUM' => '939', '-AVG' => '4.5' }, 'CLAIMED' => { '-DATE' => '2013-12-06T11:00:10Z' }, 'TICKER' => { '-SYMBOL' => 'AMZN' }, 'ALEXAPRO' => { '-TIER' => 'advanced' }, 'LINK' => [ { '-NUM' => '1', '-TEXT' => 'Alexa Products', '-URL' => 'http://www.alexa.com/products' }, { '-NUM' => '2', '-TEXT' => 'Alexa Toolbar Creator', '-URL' => 'http://www.alexa.com/toolbar-creator' } ], '-HOST' => 'alexa.com', 'EMAIL' => { '-ADDR' => 'Alexa Internet' }, 'TITLE' => { '-TEXT' => 'Alexa Internet' }, 'LOGO' => { '-URL' => 'http://s3.amazonaws.com/com.alexa.data/fr_logo_url/205_4c67c060c607f3c93208e7d0f3aa00d1.png' }, 'OWNER' => { '-NAME' => 'Alexa Internet' }, 'PHONE' => { '-NUMBER' => 'unlisted' } }, { 'COUNTRY' => { '-RANK' => '1700', '-NAME' => 'United States', '-CODE' => 'US' }, 'POPULARITY' => { '-TEXT' => '1502', '-URL' => 'alexa.com/', '-SOURCE' => 'certify' }, 'REACH' => { '-RANK' => '1458' }, 'RANK' => { '-DELTA' => '+237' } } ] };
All bugs can be reported to https://github.com/rijvirajib/WWW-Alexa-API
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sudo apt-get install libxml-libxml-perl zlib1g-dev
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perl(1).
To install WWW::Alexa::API, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm WWW::Alexa::API
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install WWW::Alexa::API
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