NAME

Comics::Fetcher::Single -- Simple url grabber

SYNOPSIS

  package Comics::Plugin::Sigmund;
  use parent qw(Comics::Fetcher::Single);

  sub register {
      shift->SUPER::register
        ( { name    => "Sigmund",
            url     => "http://www.sigmund.nl/",
            pat   =>
              qr{ <img \s+
                  src="?(?<url>strips/(?<image>sig.+\.\w+))"? \s+
                  width="\d+" \s+
                  height="\d+" \s+
                  border="\d+" \s* >
                }x,
          } );
  }
  # Return the package name.
  __PACKAGE__;

DESCRIPTION

The Single Fetcher requires registration of a pattern pat that is used to determine the URL of the desired image from the contents of the comic's home page.

The Fetcher requires the common arguments:

name

The full name of this comic, e.g. "Fokke en Sukke".

url

The url of this comic's home page.

Fetcher specific arguments:

pat

The pattern to locate the image URL. It should be as flexible as possible, while still guaranteed to extract the correct image URL.

When the pattern matches, it must define at least the following named captures:

url

The (relative) url of the image.

If the URL is not an absolute URL, it will be interpreted relative to the url argument.

image

The image name within the url.

title

Optional. The image title.

alt

Optional. The alternative text.