NAME

Parse::CPAN::Authorss - Parse 01mailrc.txt.gz

SYNOPSIS

  use Parse::CPAN::Authors;

  # must have downloaded and un-gzip-ed
  my $p = Parse::CPAN::Authors->new("01mailrc.txt");
  # either a filename as above or pass in the contents of the file
  my $p = Parse::CPAN::Authors->new($mailrc_contents);

  my $a = $p->author('AASSAD');
  # $a is a Parse::CPAN::Authors::Author object
  print $a->pauseid, "\n"; # AASSAD
  print $a->name, "\n";    # Arnaud 'Arhuman' Assad
  print $a->email, "\n";   # arhuman@hotmail.com

  # all the author objects
  my @authors = $p->authors;

DESCRIPTION

The Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN) is a very useful collection of Perl code. It has several indices of the files that it hosts, including a file named "01mailrc.txt.gz" in the "authors" directory. This file contains lots of useful information on CPAN authors and this module provides a simple interface to the data contained within.

Note that this module does not concern itself with downloading or unpacking this file. You should do this yourself.

The constructor takes either the path to the 01mailrc.txt file or its contains. It defaults to loading the file from the current directory. You must download and un-gzip it yourself.

In a future release Parse::CPAN::Authors::Author might have more information.

AUTHOR

Leon Brocard <acme@astray.com>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2004, Leon Brocard

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