NAME

POE::Component::WWW::Alexa::TrafficRank - non-blocking wrapper around WWW::Alexa::TrafficRank

SYNOPSIS

    use strict;
    use warnings;

    use POE qw(Component::WWW::Alexa::TrafficRank);

    my $poco = POE::Component::WWW::Alexa::TrafficRank->spawn;

    POE::Session->create(
        package_states => [ main => [qw(_start rank )] ],
    );

    $poe_kernel->run;

    sub _start {
        $poco->rank( {
                uri   => 'zoffix.com',
                event => 'rank',
            }
        );
    }

    sub rank {
        my $in_ref = $_[ARG0];

        if ( $in_ref->{error} ) {
            print "Error: $in_ref->{error}\n";
        }
        else {
            print "$in_ref->{uri}\'s rank is $in_ref->{rank}\n";
        }
        $poco->shutdown;
    }

Using event based interface is also possible of course.

DESCRIPTION

The module is a non-blocking wrapper around WWW::Alexa::TrafficRank which provides interface to traffic rank on http://alexa.com/

CONSTRUCTOR

spawn

    my $poco = POE::Component::WWW::Alexa::TrafficRank->spawn;

    POE::Component::WWW::Alexa::TrafficRank->spawn(
        alias   => 'alexa_rank',
        agent   => 'Your User-Agent HTTP header',
        proxy   => 'http://someproxy.com',
        timeout => 30,
        options => {
            debug => 1,
            trace => 1,
            # POE::Session arguments for the component
        },
        debug => 1, # output some debug info
    );

The spawn method returns a POE::Component::WWW::Alexa::TrafficRank object. It takes a few arguments, all of which are optional. The possible arguments are as follows:

alias

    ->spawn( alias => 'alexa_rank' );

Optional. Specifies a POE Kernel alias for the component.

agent

    ->new( agent => 'Your User-Agent HTTP header', );

Optional. Specifies which User-Agent string to use when accessing http://alexa.com/. Defaults to: 'Opera 9.5'

proxy

    ->new( proxy => 'http://someproxy.com' );

Optional. Specifies which HTTP proxy to use when accessing http://alexa.com/. By default no proxies are used.

timeout

    ->new( timeout => 30 );

Optional. Specifies the request timeout in seconds.. this will be passed to LWP::UserAgent object used by WWW::Alexa::TrafficRank. Defaults to: 30 seconds.

options

    ->spawn(
        options => {
            trace => 1,
            default => 1,
        },
    );

Optional. A hashref of POE Session options to pass to the component's session.

debug

    ->spawn(
        debug => 1
    );

When set to a true value turns on output of debug messages. Defaults to: 0.

METHODS

rank

    $poco->rank( {
            event       => 'event_for_output',
            uri         => 'uri.for.which.to.get.rank.com',
            _blah       => 'pooh!',
            session     => 'other',
        }
    );

Takes a hashref as an argument, does not return a sensible return value. See rank event's description for more information.

session_id

    my $poco_id = $poco->session_id;

Takes no arguments. Returns component's session ID.

shutdown

    $poco->shutdown;

Takes no arguments. Shuts down the component.

ACCEPTED EVENTS

rank

    $poe_kernel->post( alexa_rank => rank => {
            event       => 'event_for_output',
            uri         => 'uri.for.which.to.get.rank.com',
            _blah       => 'pooh!',
            session     => 'other',
        }
    );

Instructs the component to get the rank for the URI specified by the uri argument. Takes a hashref as an argument, the possible keys/value of that hashref are as follows:

event

    { event => 'results_event', }

Mandatory. Specifies the name of the event to emit when results are ready. See OUTPUT section for more information.

uri

    { uri => 'uri.for.which.to.get.rank.com', }

Mandatory. Specifies the URI for which to get the traffic rank.

session

    { session => 'other' }

    { session => $other_session_reference }

    { session => $other_session_ID }

Optional. Takes either an alias, reference or an ID of an alternative session to send output to.

user defined

    {
        _user    => 'random',
        _another => 'more',
    }

Optional. Any keys starting with _ (underscore) will not affect the component and will be passed back in the result intact.

shutdown

    $poe_kernel->post( alexa_rank => 'shutdown' );

Takes no arguments. Tells the component to shut itself down.

OUTPUT

    $VAR1 = {
        '_user' => 'defined argument',
        'rank' => '903,220',
        'uri' => 'zoffix.com'
    };

    $VAR1 = {
        'error' => 'No Data',
        '_user' => 'defined argument',
        'uri' => 'fsdofsdofsofsdfsdf.com'
    };

The event handler set up to handle the event which you've specified in the event argument to rank() method/event will receive input in the $_[ARG0] in a form of a hashref. The possible keys/value of that hashref are as follows:

rank

    { 'rank' => '903,220', }

The rank for the URI which you passed in uri argument to rank() event/method. Will not be present if an error occurred (see below).

error

    { 'error' => 'No Data', }

If an error occurred during the request, it will be present in the error key. The rank will be missing in this case.

uri

    { 'uri' => 'zoffix.com' }

The uri key's value will be whatever you've specified in the uri argument to rank() event/method.

user defined

    { '_blah' => 'foos' }

Any arguments beginning with _ (underscore) passed into the rank() event/method will be present intact in the result.

EXAMPLES

The examples/ directory of this distribution contains a workable script which fetched ranks for URI passed on the command line:

    perl examples/rank.pl zoffix.com

SEE ALSO

POE, WWW::Alexa::TrafficRank

REPOSITORY

Fork this module on GitHub: https://github.com/zoffixznet/POE-Component-Bundle-WebDevelopment

BUGS

To report bugs or request features, please use https://github.com/zoffixznet/POE-Component-Bundle-WebDevelopment/issues

If you can't access GitHub, you can email your request to bug-POE-Component-Bundle-WebDevelopment at rt.cpan.org

AUTHOR

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

LICENSE

You can use and distribute this module under the same terms as Perl itself. See the LICENSE file included in this distribution for complete details.

cpanm POE::Component::Bundle::WebDevelopment

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install POE::Component::Bundle::WebDevelopment