NAME

Pithub::Repos::Contents - Github v3 Repo Contents API

VERSION

version 0.01015

METHODS

archive

• This method will return a 302 to a URL to download a tarball or zipball archive for a repository.

  Note: For private repositories, these links are temporary and expire quickly.

      GET /repos/:user/:repo/:archive_format/:ref

  The ref parameter is optional and will default to master.

  Examples:

      my $c = Pithub::Repos::Contents->new(
          repo => 'Pithub',
          user => 'plu'
      );
  
      my $result = $c->archive( archive_format => 'tarball' );
      if ( $result->success ) {
          File::Slurp::write_file('Pithub-master.tgz', $result->raw_content);
      }
  
      $result = $c->archive( archive_format => 'tarball', ref => 'other_branch' );
      if ( $result->success ) {
          File::Slurp::write_file('Pithub-other_branch.tgz', $result->raw_content);
      }

get

• This method returns the contents of any file or directory in a repository.

      GET /repos/:user/:repo/contents/:path

  Optional Parameters:

  • ref: Optional string - The String name of the Commit/Branch/Tag. Defaults to master.

  Examples:

      my $c = Pithub::Repos::Contents->new(
          repo => 'Pithub',
          user => 'plu'
      );
  
      # List all files/directories in the repo root
      my $result = $c->get;
      if ( $result->success ) {
          say $_->{name} for @{ $result->content };
      }
  
      # Get the Pithub.pm file
      $result = $c->get( path => 'lib/Pithub.pm' );
      print Dumper $result->content if $result->success;

readme

• This method returns the preferred README for a repository.

      GET /repos/:user/:repo/readme

  Optional Parameters:

  • ref: Optional string - The String name of the Commit/Branch/Tag. Defaults to master.

  Examples:

      my $c = Pithub::Repos::Contents->new(
          repo => 'dotfiles',
          user => 'plu'
      );
  
      my $result = $c->readme;
      if ( $result->success ) {
          print Dumper $result->content;
      }
  
      # Get the readme of branch 'other_branch'
      $result = $c->readme( params => { ref => 'other_branch' } );
      print Dumper $result->content if $result->success;

AUTHOR

Johannes Plunien <plu@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2011 by Johannes Plunien.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.