CPAN::...:MetaDB(3pm)

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💖 CPAN::...:MetaDB 💖

okay bestie, so this is the manual page for CPAN::Common::Index::MetaDB — she's a Perl module, she lives in the CPAN::Common::Index family, and honestly? she's giving ✨ low-key icon ✨. Let's get into it.

🌸 VERSION 🌸

version 0.010 — yes, zero point zero one zero, she's an early-era queen and we respect her journey 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

like, the whole vibe in four lines:

use CPAN::Common::Index::MetaDB;

$index = CPAN::Common::Index::MetaDB->new;

that's it. that's the whole entrance. she walks in, she does her thing, no drama 💅

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so real talk: this module implements a CPAN::Common::Index — and what that index does is go search for packages against the exact same CPAN MetaDB API that cpanminus uses. same API, same energy, no cap 🤝

now. important. listen to me. There is no support for advanced package queries and no support for searching authors. none. zero. not a thing. she is not that girl and she's not pretending to be 🙅‍♀️

what she does do is so simple it's actually refreshing: you hand her a package name, and she hands you back the corresponding version and distribution. that's the entire transaction. in and out. main character efficiency 👑

🎀 ATTRIBUTES 🎀

uri

A URI for the endpoint of a CPAN MetaDB server — like, the address she knocks on 🚪✨

The default is:

http://cpanmetadb.plackperl.org/v1.0/

so if you don't tell her where to look, that's where she's looking. periodt 🫶

🌈 AUTHOR 🌈

David Golden <dagolden@cpan.org> — shoutout to the legend who made her, we owe him everything fr fr 🙌

This software is Copyright (c) 2013 by David Golden.

This is free software, licensed under:

The Apache License, Version 2.0, January 2004

free software besties, Apache 2.0, iconic behaviour, no notes 💖

ok that's the whole page!! go forth and index your packages, you absolute scholar 🧚

sign-off time, my love: this lil doc was rendered by perl v5.36.0 and stamped 2022-12-09 — so if you're reading this in the future, hi, hope you're slaying 💜🌸🦋

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