WWW::Finger - get useful data from e-mail addresses
use WWW::Finger; my $finger = WWW::Finger->new("joe@example.com"); if (defined $finger) { print $finger->name . "\n"; }
This module is not an implementation of the finger protocol (RFC 1288). Use Net::Finger for that. Instead it is a set of implementations of other methods for getting information from an e-mail address, or e-mail like identifier. This package includes four such implementations, and it's pretty easy to create your own additional implementations:
WebFinger
Fingerpoint
MetaCPAN API for cpan.org addresses
Unnamed finger protocol described on bitworking.org
new
$finger = WWW::Finger->new($identifier);
Creates a WWW::Finger object for a particular identifier. Will return undef if no implemetation is able to handle the identifier
Any of these methods can return undef if the appropriate information is not available. The name, mbox, homepage, weblog, image and key methods work in both scalar and list context. Depending on which implementation was used by WWW::Finger->new, the object may also have additional methods. Consult the documentation of the various implementations for details.
name
mbox
homepage
weblog
image
key
WWW::Finger->new
The person's name (or handle/nickname).
The person's e-mail address (including "mailto:").
The person's personal homepage.
The person's blog. (There may be some overlap with homepage.)
An avatar, photo or other image depicting the person.
The URL of the person's GPG/PGP public key.
webid
A URI uniquely identifying the person. See http://esw.w3.org/topic/WebID.
endpoint
A SPARQL Protocol endpoint which may provide additional data about the person. (See RDF::Query::Client.)
graph
An RDF::Trine::Model object holding data about the person. (See RDF::Trine.)
Net::Finger.
http://code.google.com/p/webfinger/.
http://buzzword.org.uk/2009/fingerpoint/spec.
http://www.perlrdf.org/.
fingerw.
Toby Inkster, <tobyink@cpan.org>
Copyright (C) 2009-2012 by Toby Inkster
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
To install WWW::Finger, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm WWW::Finger
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install WWW::Finger
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.