CPAN::META::VALIDATOR(3pm)

🌸 CPAN::Meta::Validator (3pm) — the bestie edit 🌸

💖 NAME 💖

CPAN::Meta::Validator — validate CPAN distribution metadata structures. Periodt. 💅

🎀 VERSION 🎀

version 2.150010 — the one and only. 🫶

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

my $struct = decode_json_file('META.json');

my $cmv = CPAN::Meta::Validator->new( $struct );

unless ( $cmv->is_valid ) {
  my $msg = "Invalid META structure.  Errors found:\n";
  $msg .= join( "\n", $cmv->errors );
  die $msg;
}

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

okay so bestie, here's the tea: this module validates a CPAN Meta structure against the version of the the specification claimed in the "meta-spec" field of the structure. It's literally the metadata vibe-checker, and it is not here to play. ✨

🛠️ METHODS 🛠️

🌟 new 🌟

my $cmv = CPAN::Meta::Validator->new( $struct )

The constructor must be passed a metadata structure. Like, must, bestie — no structure, no constructor slay. 🫶

💅 is_valid 💅

if ( $cmv->is_valid ) {
  ...
}

Returns a boolean value indicating whether the metadata provided is valid. Iconic. ✅

😭 errors 😭

warn( join "\n", $cmv->errors );

Returns a list of errors seen during validation. So if the vibe check fails, this is where the receipts live. 🧾

🐛 BUGS 🐛

Please report any bugs or feature using the CPAN Request Tracker. Bugs can be submitted through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/Dist/Display.html?Queue=CPAN-Meta.

When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature. That's the whole ask — receipts help the maintainers slay. 🫶

👑 AUTHORS 👑

• David Golden <dagolden@cpan.org>
• Ricardo Signes <rjbs@cpan.org>
• Adam Kennedy <adamk@cpan.org>

📜 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE 📜

This software is copyright (c) 2010 by David Golden, Ricardo Signes, Adam Kennedy and Contributors.

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

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