NAME

POE::Component::WWW::Cache::Google - non-blocking wrapper around WWW::Cache::Google

SYNOPSIS

    use strict;
    use warnings;

    use POE qw(Component::WWW::Cache::Google);

    my $poco = POE::Component::WWW::Cache::Google->spawn;

    POE::Session->create(
        package_states => [ main => [qw(_start cache)] ],
    );

    $poe_kernel->run;

    sub _start {
        $poco->cache( {
                uri   => 'http://zoffix.com/',
                event => 'cache',
                fetch => 1,
            }
        );
    }

    sub cache {
        my $in_ref = $_[ARG0];

        print "Cache URI for $in_ref->{uri} is: $in_ref->{cache}\n";
        print "Content:\n$in_ref->{content}\n";

        $poco->shutdown;
    }

Using event based interface is also possible of course.

DESCRIPTION

The module is a non-blocking wrapper (for what it's worth) around WWW::Cache::Google which provides interface to get Google's "cache" URIs as well as optionally fetch contents of such URIs.

CONSTRUCTOR

spawn

    my $poco = POE::Component::WWW::Cache::Google->spawn;

    POE::Component::WWW::Cache::Google->spawn(
        alias => 'google_cache',
        options => {
            debug => 1,
            trace => 1,
            # POE::Session arguments for the component
        },
        debug => 1, # output some debug info
    );

The spawn method returns a POE::Component::WWW::Cache::Google object. It takes a few arguments, all of which are optional. The possible arguments are as follows:

alias

    ->spawn( alias => 'google_cache' );

Optional. Specifies a POE Kernel alias for the component.

options

    ->spawn(
        options => {
            trace => 1,
            default => 1,
        },
    );

Optional. A hashref of POE Session options to pass to the component's session.

debug

    ->spawn(
        debug => 1
    );

When set to a true value turns on output of debug messages. Defaults to: 0.

METHODS

cache

    $poco->cache( {
            event       => 'event_for_output',
            uri         => 'http://zoffix.com',
            max_size    => 1000,
            fetch       => 1, # or fetch => \'file_name',
            overwrite => 1,
            _blah       => 'pooh!',
            session     => 'other',
        }
    );

Takes a hashref as an argument, does not return a sensible return value. See WWW::Cache::Google event's description for more information.

session_id

    my $poco_id = $poco->session_id;

Takes no arguments. Returns component's session ID.

shutdown

    $poco->shutdown;

Takes no arguments. Shuts down the component.

ACCEPTED EVENTS

cache

    $poe_kernel->post( google_cache => cache => {
            event       => 'event_for_output',
            uri         => 'http://zoffix.com',
            max_size    => 1000,
            fetch       => 1, # or fetch => \'file_name',
            overwrite   => 1,
            _blah       => 'pooh!',
            session     => 'other',
        }
    );

Instructs the component to construct a URI to Google's 'cached' URI for the URI given via uri argument. Optionally can fetch page's content or automatically store it in a file. Takes a hashref as an argument, the possible keys/value of that hashref are as follows:

event

    { event => 'results_event', }

Mandatory. Specifies the name of the event to emit when results are ready. See OUTPUT section for more information.

uri

    { uri => 'http://haslayout.net/' }

Mandatory. Specifies the URi which to look up in Google's cache.

fetch

    { fetch => 1 },

    { fetch => \'file_name' }

Optional. Takes either true, false or scalarref values. When set to a false value, the component will not fetch the page. When set to a true value, the component will try to fetch the uri (in Google's cache that is) using LWP::Simple. When set to a scalarref, it will be dereferenced to obtain a filename into which to save the contents. The component will error out if the file already exists (the check is performed via -e) unless overwrite argument (see below) is set to a true value. Defaults to: 0 (no fetching)

overwrite

    { overwrite => 1 }

Optional. Regarded only when the fetch argument (see above) is set to a scalarref which is a filename. Can take either true or false values. When set to a true value will overwrite the filename set via fetch argument if the file already exists. Defaults to: 0 (no overwriting - error out instead)

max_size

    { max_size => 1000, }

Optional. Regarded only when the fetch argument is not a false value. The value you specify (which indicates the maximum length of the content to retrieve) will by passed to LWP::UserAgent's max_size method. Use this argument if you just want to have error checking with regards to actual existence of that cache page. Note: component *does* actually need some content to determine if the cached page exists, thus do not set max_size below 100. By default is not set, thus no limit on the content length is imposed.

session

    { session => 'other' }

    { session => $other_session_reference }

    { session => $other_session_ID }

Optional. Takes either an alias, reference or an ID of an alternative session to send output to.

user defined

    {
        _user    => 'random',
        _another => 'more',
    }

Optional. Any keys starting with _ (underscore) will not affect the component and will be passed back in the result intact.

shutdown

    $poe_kernel->post( google_cache => 'shutdown' );

Takes no arguments. Tells the component to shut itself down.

OUTPUT

    $VAR1 = {
        'overwrite' => 1,
        'content' => '<meta http-e.... and so on',
        'fetch' => 1,
        'uri' => 'http://zoffix.com',
        'cache' => bless( do{\(my $o = 'http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:zoffix.com')}, 'URI::http' )
    };

The event handler set up to handle the event which you've specified in the event argument to cache() method/event will receive input in the $_[ARG0] in a form of a hashref. The possible keys/value of that hashref are as follows:

cache

    'cache' => bless( do{\(my $o = 'http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:zoffix.com')}, 'URI::http' )

The cache key will contain a URI object representing the URI pointing to the Google's cache page. Note: without actually fetching anything there is no way to know if that URI contains anything but Google's "no found".

content

    'content' => '<meta http-e.... and so on',

The content key will contain the content of the Google cache page. This key will be set only when the fetch argument to the cache event/method is set to a true value, or when the fetch argument is set to a scalarref and the cached page was not found on google. When later occurs, the error key will also be present.

error

    'error' => 'Doesn\'t look like cache exists',

There won't ever be errors if the fetch argument to cache event/method is set to a false value. Otherwise, the error key will contain the explanation of any errors that occur, including any issues with opening the file when fetch argument is set to a scalarref.

arguments passed to cache event/method

    'overwrite' => 1,
    'fetch' => 1,
    'max_size' => 100,
    'uri' => 'http://zoffix.com',

The overwrite, fetch, max_size and uri arguments passed to cache event/method will be present in the output intact.

user defined

    { '_blah' => 'foos' }

Any arguments beginning with _ (underscore) passed into the cache() event/method will be present intact in the result.

SEE ALSO

POE, WWW::Cache::Google

REPOSITORY

Fork this module on GitHub: https://github.com/zoffixznet/POE-Component-Bundle-WebDevelopment

BUGS

To report bugs or request features, please use https://github.com/zoffixznet/POE-Component-Bundle-WebDevelopment/issues

If you can't access GitHub, you can email your request to bug-POE-Component-Bundle-WebDevelopment at rt.cpan.org

AUTHOR

Zoffix Znet <zoffix at cpan.org> (http://zoffix.com/, http://haslayout.net/)

LICENSE

You can use and distribute this module under the same terms as Perl itself. See the LICENSE file included in this distribution for complete details.

cpanm POE::Component::Bundle::WebDevelopment

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install POE::Component::Bundle::WebDevelopment