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NAME

Pikeo::API - High-level OO interface to pikeo.com API!

VERSION

Version 0.51

SYNOPSIS

use Pikeo::API;
use Pikeo::API::Photos;

# create an API object to maintain you session
# trough out the diferent calls
my $api = Pikeo::API->new({api_secret=>'asd', api_key=>'asdas'});

# Create the Photos facade
my $photos = Pikeo::API::Photos->new({ api => $api });
# Search for photos
$photos_searched = $photos->search({text=>'shozu'});

DESCRIPTION

This package provides a OO interface to the pikeo.com API.

Using the pikeo REST API, this distribution provides an high-level interface to traverse the pikeo objects.

To use this module you need to have a valid API key.

This module, Pikeo::API, provides the object that olds the api request definitions such as api_key, user agent configuration and credentials for de authenticaded calls.

You must instantiate a Pikeo::API object in order to use the facade module that abstract the photos, albums, etc.

All the facade modules receive an Pikeo::API object as a mandatory argument for their constructors.

FACADE MODULES

Pikeo::API::Photos

Search and retrieve photos.

Pikeo::API::People

Search and retrieve users/profiles.

Pikeo::API::User::Logged

Provides access to the private methods for your user. You must be logged in.

FUNCTIONS

CONSTRUCTORS

new( \%args )

Returns a Pikeo::API object.

Required args are:

  • api_key

    Your api key

  • api_secret

    Optional args are:

  • username

    Username to login

  • password

    Password for the logged user

INSTANCE METHODS

login(\%args)

Authenticate and logs in a user.

Required args are:

  • username

    Username to login

  • password

is_logged_in()

Returns 1 if there is a logged access, 0 otherwise

request_parsed($api_method, \%args)

Make a request to the give API method and returns a XML::LibXML object with the result.

\%args should contain all the arguments to be passed as parameters to the remote API.

AUTHOR

Bruno Tavares, <bmavt at cpan.org>

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-pikeo-api at rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Pikeo-API. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

perldoc Pikeo::API

You can also look for information at:

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

Copyright 2008 Bruno Tavares, all rights reserved.

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