NAME

App::CPANIDX::HTTP::Server - HTTP::Server::Simple based server for CPANIDX

VERSION

version 0.08

SYNOPSIS

  use strict;
  use warnings;
  use App::CPANIDX::HTTP::Server;

  my $dsn = 'dbi:SQLite:dbname=cpanidx.db';
  my $user = '';
  my $pass = '';
  my $port = 8082; # the port to listen for requests on

  my $server = App::CPANIDX::HTTP::Server->new( $port );
  $server->dsn( $dsn, $user, $pass );
  $server->run();

  # Requests can now be directed to http://nameofyourserver:8082/cpanidx/

DESCRIPTION

App::CPANIDX::HTTP::Server is a HTTP::Server::Simple based server for CPANIDX. Use the cpanidx-gendb script provided by App::CPANIDX to generate a CPANIDX database and then use this module to serve the associated data.

METHODS

new

Start a new instance of App::CPANIDX::HTTP::Server. Takes one option, the port number to start listening on for requests. If it is not provided will default to 8080.

dsn

After running new, but before calling run, call this to assign the database details to the server. Takes three arguments: a DBI DSN string, a username (if applicable) and a password (if applicable).

run

Runs the server and starts handling requests.

handle_request

Deals with requests. No user serviceable parts.

SEE ALSO

App::CPANIDX

AUTHOR

Chris Williams <chris@bingosnet.co.uk>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2011 by Chris Williams.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.