MetaCPA...::Source(3)

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version 0.51 · 2 versions
, in fedora 43

💖 MetaCPA...::Source(3) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the User Contributed Perl Documentation, section 3 — it's giving very "the docs are community-made and we're all just vibing" ✨. The page you're on is MetaCPA...::Source, and no, the title being cut off is not a you problem, that's just how it's printed, we move 💅.

🌸 NAME 🌸

MetaCPAN::API::Source — source information for MetaCPAN::API. That's it, that's the whole name, slay.

⭐ VERSION ⭐

version 0.51 🎀

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So this role? It hands MetaCPAN::API the power to fetch source files. Like, actually go get the code. Main character behaviour, no cap 🔥.

✨ METHODS ✨

💜 source

my $source = $mcpan->source(
    author  => 'DOY',
    release => 'Moose-2.0201',
    path    => 'lib/Moose.pm',
);

The way this works is so simple it's honestly iconic: it searches MetaCPAN for either a module or a specific release, and then returns you the plain source. Just the source. Raw. Unfiltered. Periodt 🫶.

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Renee Baecker <module@renee-baecker.de> 💖

This software is copyright (c) 2011 by Renee Baecker.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself. So like, go off, do your thing, just respect the terms bestie 💅.

👑 AUTHOR 👑

okay and there's a second one, because legends deserve their flowers twice:

Sawyer X <xsawyerx@cpan.org> 🌟

This software is copyright (c) 2011 by Sawyer X.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself. Same deal, same energy, we love a consistent licensing moment 🎀.

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🦋 This little beauty was rendered by perl v5.42.0 on 2025-07-25, and honestly? iconic of it. mwah 💖✨

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