NAME

Net::Mosso::CloudFiles - Interface to Mosso CloudFiles service

SYNOPSIS

  use Net::Mosso::CloudFiles;
  use Perl6::Say;

  my $cloudfiles = Net::Mosso::CloudFiles->new(
      user => 'myusername',
      key  => 'mysecretkey',
  );

  # list all containers
  my @containers = $cloudfiles->containers;
  foreach my $container (@containers) {
      say 'have container ' . $container->name;
  }

  # create a new container
  my $container = $cloudfiles->create_container(name => 'testing');

  # use an existing container
  my $existing_container = $cloudfiles->container(name => 'testing');

  my $total_bytes_used = $cloudfiles->total_bytes_used;
  say "used $total_bytes_used";

  my $object_count = $container->object_count;
  say "$object_count objects";

  my $bytes_used = $container->bytes_used;
  say "$bytes_used bytes";

  # returns a Data::Stream::Bulk object
  # as it may have to make multiple HTTP requests
  my @objects = $container->objects->all;
  foreach my $object (@objects) {
      say 'have object ' . $object->name;
      # also size, etag, content_type, last_modified
  }
  my @objects2 = $container->objects(prefix => 'dir/')->all;

  # To create a new object
  my $xxx = $container->object( name => 'XXX' );
  $xxx->put('this is the value');

  # To set metadata of an object:
  $xxx->object_metadata({
          description => 'this is a description',
          useful_number => 17
  });
  
  # To create a new object with the contents of a local file
  my $yyy = $container->object( name => 'YYY', content_type => 'text/plain' );
  $yyy->put_filename('README');

  # To fetch an object:
  my $xxx2 = $container->object( name => 'XXX' );
  my $value = $xxx2->get;
  say 'has name ' . $xxx2->name;
  say 'has md5 ' . $xxx2->etag;
  say 'has size ' . $xxx2->size;
  say 'has content type ' . $xxx2->content_type;
  say 'has last_modified ' . $xxx2->last_modified;

  # To fetch metadata of an object:
  say 'metadata description ' . $xxx2->object_metadata->{'description'};
  say 'metadata useful_number ' . $xxx2->object_metadata->{'useful_number'};
  
  # To download an object to a local file
  $yyy->get_filename('README.downloaded');

  $object->delete;

  $container->delete;

DESCRIPTION

This module provides a simple interface to the Mosso Cloud Files service. "Cloud Files is reliable, scalable and affordable web-based storage for backing up and archiving all your static content". Find out more at http://www.mosso.com/cloudfiles.jsp.

To use this module you will need to sign up to Mosso Cloud Files and provide a "user" and "key". If you use this module, you will incurr costs as specified by Mosso. Please check the costs. If you use this module with your user and key you will be responsible for these costs.

I highly recommend reading all about Cloud Files, but in a nutshell data is stored in objects. Objects are referenced by names and objects are stored in containers.

METHODS

new

The constructor logs you into Cloud Files:

  my $cloudfiles = Net::Mosso::CloudFiles->new(
      user => 'myusername',
      key  => 'mysecretkey',
  );

containers

List all the containers and return them as Net::Mosso::CloudFiles::Container objects:

  my @containers = $cloudfiles->containers;

create_container

Create a new container and return it as a Net::Mosso::CloudFiles::Container object:

  my $container = $cloudfiles->create_container(name => 'testing');

container

Use an existing container and return it as a Net::Mosso::CloudFiles::Container object:

  my $existing_container = $cloudfiles->container(name => 'testing');

total_bytes_used

Returns the total amount of bytes used in your Cloud Files account:

  my $total_bytes_used = $cloudfiles->total_bytes_used;

TESTING

Testing CloudFiles is a tricky thing. Mosso charges you a bit of money each time you use their service. And yes, testing counts as using. Because of this, this module's test suite skips testing unless you set the following three environment variables, along the lines of:

  CLOUDFILES_EXPENSIVE_TESTS=1 CLOUDFILES_USER=username CLOUDFILES_KEY=15bf43... perl t/simple.t

SEE ALSO

Net::Mosso::CloudFiles::Container, Net::Mosso::CloudFiles::Object.

AUTHOR

Leon Brocard <acme@astray.com>.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2008-9, Leon Brocard

LICENSE

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

cpanm Net::Mosso::CloudFiles

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Net::Mosso::CloudFiles