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NAME

WebService::Pokemon - Perl library for accessing the Pokémon data, http://pokeapi.co.

SYNOPSIS

use WebService::Pokemon;

my $pokemon_api = WebService::Pokemon->new;

# By id.
my $pokemon = $pokemon_api->resource('berry', 1);

# By name.
my $pokemon = $pokemon_api->resource('berry', 'cheri');

DESCRIPTION

WebService::Pokemon is a Perl client helper library for the Pokemon API (pokeapi.co).

DEVELOPMENT

Source repository at https://github.com/kianmeng/webservice-pokemon.

How to contribute? Follow through the CONTRIBUTING.md document to setup your development environment.

METHODS

new([%$args])

Construct a new WebService::Pokemon instance. Optionally takes a hash or hash reference.

# Instantiate the class.
my $pokemon_api = WebService::Pokemon->new;

api_url

The URL of the API resource.

# Instantiate the class by setting the URL of the API endpoints.
my $pokemon_api = WebService::Pokemon->new({api_url => 'http://example.com/api/v2'});

# Or after the object was created.
my $pokemon_api = WebService::Pokemon->new;
$pokemon_api->api_url('http://example.com/api/v2');

autoload

Set this if you want to expand all fields point to external URL.

# Instantiate the class by setting the URL of the API endpoints.
my $pokemon_api = WebService::Pokemon->new({autoload => 1});

# Or after the object was created.
my $pokemon_api = WebService::Pokemon->new;
$pokemon_api->autoload(1);
$pokemon_api->resource('berry');

resource($resource, [$name], [$limit], [$offset])

Get the details of a particular resource with optional id or name; limit per page, or offset by the record list.

# Get paginated list of available berry resource.
my $berry = $pokemon_api->resource('berry');

# Or by page through limit and pagination.
my $berry = $pokemon_api->resource('berry', undef, 60, 20);

# Get by id.
my $berry_firmness = $pokemon_api->resource('berry-firmnesses', 1);

# Get by name.
my $berry_firmness = $pokemon_api->resource('berry-firmnesses', 'very-soft');

resource_by_url($url)

Get the details of a particular resource by full URL.

# Get paginated list of available berry resource with default item size.
my $berries = $pokemon_api->resource_by_url('https://pokeapi.co/api/v2/berry/');

# Get paginated list of available berry resource with explicit default item size.
my $berries = $pokemon_api->resource_by_url('https://pokeapi.co/api/v2/berry/?limit=20&offset=40');

# Get particular berry resource.
my $berry = $pokemon_api->resource_by_url('https://pokeapi.co/api/v2/berry/1');

AUTHOR

Kian Meng, Ang <kianmeng@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is Copyright (c) 2018-2019 by Kian Meng, Ang.

This is free software, licensed under:

The Artistic License 2.0 (GPL Compatible)