Perinci::Use - Use a Riap package as if it was a local Perl module
This document describes version 0.05 of Perinci::Use (from Perl distribution Perinci-Use), released on 2015-08-18.
# import pyth() use Perinci::Use "http://example.com/My/Math", 'pyth'; print pyth(3, 4); # 5 # import all use Perinci::Use "http://example.com/My/Math";
This module provides use_riap_package(), usually used as shown in Synopsis, a la Perl's use().
{en_US Use a Riap package as if it was a local Perl module}.
{en_US "Use" a remote code package over Riap protocol as if it was a local Perl module. Actually, what is being done is query the remote URL for available functions, and for each remote function, create a proxy function. The proxy function will then call the remote function.
Currently only functions are imported. Variables and other entities are ignored. }
Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):
include => array[str]
{en_US Do not load all children, only load specified ones}.
into* => str
{en_US Perl package name to put proxy functions into}.
{en_US Example: 'Foo::Bar', 'Example::Module'. }
url* => str
{en_US Location of Riap package entity}.
{en_US Example: '/Foo/Bar/' (local Perl module), 'http://example.com/api/Module/'. }
Returns an enveloped result (an array).
First element (status) is an integer containing HTTP status code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element (msg) is a string containing error message, or 'OK' if status is 200. Third element (result) is optional, the actual result. Fourth element (meta) is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra information.
Return value: (undef)
Perinci::Access
Please visit the project's homepage at https://metacpan.org/release/Perinci-Use.
Source repository is at https://github.com/perlancar/perl-Perinci-Use.
Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Perinci-Use
When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.
perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>
This software is copyright (c) 2015 by perlancar@cpan.org.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
To install Perinci::Use, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Perinci::Use
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Perinci::Use
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.