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WWW-Proxy4FreeCom-0.001
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/ WWW::Proxy4FreeCom

NAME

WWW::Proxy4FreeCom - fetch proxy list from http://proxy4free.com/

SYNOPSIS

    use strict;
    use warnings;

    use WWW::Proxy4FreeCom;

    my $prox = WWW::Proxy4FreeCom->new;

    $prox->get_list
        or die $prox->error;

    my $filtered_ref = $prox->filter( country => 'China', type => 'anonymous' )
        or die $prox->error;

    printf "http://%s:%d (last tested on %s)\n", @$_{ qw(ip port last_test) }
        for @%filtered_ref;

DESCRIPTION

The module provides means to fetch proxy list from http://proxy4free.com/ website with means to filter by certain fields.

CONSTRUCTOR

new

    my $prox = WWW::Proxy4FreeCom->new;

    my $prox = WWW::Proxy4FreeCom->new(
        timeout => 10,
        debug   => 1,
    );

    my $prox = WWW::Proxy4FreeCom->new(
        ua => LWP::UserAgent->new(
            timeout => 10,
            agent   => 'ProxUA',
        ),
    );

Constructs and returns a brand new yummy juicy WWW::Proxy4FreeCom object. Takes a few optional arguments. Possible arguments are as follows:

timeout

    ->new( timeout => 10 );

Optional. Specifies the timeout argument of LWP::UserAgent's constructor, which is used for retrieving data. Defaults to: 30 seconds.

ua

    ->new( ua => LWP::UserAgent->new( agent => 'Foos!' ) );

Optional. If the timeout argument is not enough for your needs of mutilating the LWP::UserAgent object used for retrieving proxy list, feel free to specify the ua argument which takes an LWP::UserAgent object as a value. Note: the timeout argument to the constructor will not do anything if you specify the ua argument as well. Defaults to: plain boring default LWP::UserAgent object with timeout argument set to whatever WWW::Proxy4FreeCom's timeout argument is set to as well as agent argument is set to mimic Firefox.

debug

    ->new( debug => 1 );

When get_list() is called any unsuccessfull page retrievals will be silently ignored. Setting debug argument to a true value will carp() any network errors if they occur.

METHODS

get_list

    my $list_ref = $prox->get_list # just from the "proxy list 1"
        or die $prox->error;

    my $list_ref = $prox->get_list( 2 ) # just from the "proxy list 2"
        or die $prox->error;

    $prox->get_list( [3,5] ) # lists 3 and 5 only
        or die $prox->error;

Instructs the objects to fetch a fresh list of proxies from http://proxy4free.com/. If an error occured returns undef or an empty list depending on the context. On success returns an arrayref of hashrefs each representing a proxy entry. Takes one optional argument which can be either a number between 1 and 5 (inclusive) or an arrayref with several of these numbers. The numbers represent the numbers of "proxy list"s on http://proxy4free.com/. By default only the list from the "proxy list 1" will be fetched.

Each hashref in the returned arrayref is in a following format (if any field is missing on the site it will be reported as a string N/A):

    {
        'country' => 'Indonesia',
        'ip' => '202.173.23.141',
        'last_test' => '2008-03-14',
        'type' => 'transparent',
        'port' => '8080'
    }

filter

    my $filtered_ref = $prox->filter( country => 'China', port => 80 )
        or die $prox->error;

Must be called after a successfull call to get_list(). Returns an arrayref of hashrefs each of which will be representing the proxies the exact same way get_list() returns them except proxies will be filtered by a "ruleset". Takes a "ruleset" for filtering which is a set of key/value arguments. The valid names of arguments are the keys of the "proxy" hashefs, namely: country, ip, last_test, type, and port. Will return either undef or an empty list (depending on the context) if called with an invalid filter or last get_list() was unsuccessfull and error() method will tell you exactly what was wrong.

error

    my $filtered_ref = $prox->filter( country => 'China', port => 80 )
        or die $prox->error;

    $prox->get_list # just from the "proxy list 1"
        or die $prox->error;

If either filter() or get_list() methods fail they will return either undef or an empty list depending on the context and the reason for the error will be available via error() method. Takes no arguments, return a human parsable error message explaining the failure.

list

    my $last_list_ref = $prox->list;

Must be called after a successfull call to get_list(). Takes no arguments, returns the same arrayref of hashref as last call to get_list() returned.

filtered_list

    my $last_filtered_ref = $prox->filtered_list;

Must be called after a successfull call to filter(). Takes no arguments, returns the same arrayref of hashref as last call to filter() returned.

ua

    my $old_LWP_UA_obj = $prox->ua;

    $prox->ua( LWP::UserAgent->new( timeout => 10, agent => 'foos' );

Returns a currently used LWP::UserAgent object used for retrieving data. Takes one optional argument which must be an LWP::UserAgent object, and the object you specify will be used in any subsequent calls to get_list().

debug

    my $old_debug => $prox->debug;

    $prox->debug(1);

Returns a currently set debug value, when called with an optional argument (which can be either a true or false value) will set debug to that value. See debug argument to constructor for more information.

AUTHOR

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

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-www-proxy4freecom at rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=WWW-Proxy4FreeCom. 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 WWW::Proxy4FreeCom

You can also look for information at:

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

Copyright 2008 'Zoffix, all rights reserved.

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