NAME

POE::Component::WWW::Lipsum - non-blocking wrapper around WWW::Lipsum

SYNOPSIS

    use strict;
    use warnings;

    use POE qw/Component::WWW::Lipsum/;

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

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

    $poe_kernel->run;

    sub _start {
        $poco->generate({
                event => 'lipsum',
                args  => {
                    amount => 5,
                    what   => 'paras',
                    start  => 0,
                    html   => 1
                },
            }
        );
    }

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

        print "$_\n" for @{ $in_ref->{lipsum} };

        $poco->shutdown;
    }

    # Using event based interface is also possible of course.

DESCRIPTION

The module is a non-blocking wrapper around WWW::Lipsum which provides interface to retrieve lipsum text from http://lipsum.com/

CONSTRUCTOR

spawn

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

    POE::Component::WWW::Lipsum->spawn(
        alias => 'lipsum',
        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::Lipsum object. It takes a few arguments, all of which are optional. The possible arguments are as follows:

alias

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

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

generate

    $poco->generate( {
            event       => 'event_for_output',
            args        => {
                amount => 5,
                what   => 'paras',
                start  => 0,
                html   => 1,
            },
            _blah       => 'pooh!',
            session     => 'other',
        }
    );

Takes a hashref as an argument, does not return a sensible return value. See generate 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

generate

    $poe_kernel->post( lipsum => generate => {
            event       => 'event_for_output',
            args        => {
                amount => 5,
                what   => 'paras',
                start  => 0,
                html   => 1,
            },
            _blah       => 'pooh!',
            session     => 'other',
        }
    );

Instructs the component to fetch some Lorem Ipsum text from http://lipsum.com/. 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.

args

    {
        args => {
            amount => 5,
            what   => 'paras',
            start  => 0,
            html   => 1,
        },
    }

Mandatory. The args key takes a hashref as its value. This hashref will be directly dereferenced into WWW::Lipsum generate() method. See documentation for WWW::Lipsum for possible arguments.

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( lipsum => 'shutdown' );

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

OUTPUT

    $VAR1 = {
        'args' => {
            'amount' => 2,
            'html' => 1,
            'what' => 'paras',
            'start' => 'no'
        },
        'lipsum' => [
            '<p>Lipsum text here</p>',
            '<p>Lipsum text here (cut for brevity)</p>',
        ],
        _user => 'defined args',
    };

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

lipsum

    {
        'lipsum' => [
            '<p>Lipsum text here</p>',
            '<p>Lipsum text here (cut for brevity)</p>',
        ],
    }

The lipsum key will contain an arrayref elements of which will be the generated Lorem Ipsum text. Note: if an error occurred the lipsum key will not be present. See error below.

error

    {
        'error' => 'Error: message',
    },

In case of an error the lipsum key will not be present and an error key will be present instead which will contain an error message describing the problem. Note: at the time of this writing there is a minor bug in WWW::Lipsum due to which any errors related to LWP::UserAgent will not return an appropriate error message, just the text "Error: ". The bug report has been posted and may be fixed already.

args

        'args' => {
            'amount' => 2,
            'html' => 1,
            'what' => 'paras',
            'start' => 0,
        },

The args key will contain the same hashref that you passed to generate() event/method args argument.

user defined

    { '_blah' => 'foos' }

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

SEE ALSO

POE, WWW::Lipsum

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