NAME

WWW::Dilbert - Retrieve Dilbert of the day comic strip images

SYNOPSYS

 use WWW::Dilbert qw(get_strip mirror_strip strip_url);
 
 # Get the URL for todays strip
 my $image_url = strip_url();
 
 # Get todays strip
 my $image_blob = get_strip();
 
 # Get a specific strip by specifying the ID
 my $ethical_garbage_man = get_strip("2666040051128");
 
 # Write todays strip to local_filename.gif on disk
 my $filename_written = mirror_strip("local_filename.gif");
 
 # Write a specific strip to mystrip.gif on disk
 my $filename_written = mirror_strip("mystrip.gif","2666040051128");

DESCRIPTION

This module will download the latest Dilbert of the Day cartoon strip from the Dilbert website and return a binary blob of the image, or write it to disk.

VERSION

$Id: Dilbert.pm,v 1.12 2005/12/29 21:41:59 nicolaw Exp $

AUTHOR

Nicola Worthington <nicolaw@cpan.org>

http://perlgirl.org.uk

COPYRIGHT

(c) Nicola Worthington 2004, 2005. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the GNU GPL.

See the file COPYING in this distribution, or http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt