NAME

WebService::GData::Error::Entry - Wrap an xml error sent back by Google data APIs v2.

SYNOPSIS

use WebService::GData::Error;

#parse an error from a Google data API server...
my $entry = new WebService::GData::Error::Entry($xmlerror);
$entry->code;
$entry->internalreason;
$entry->domain;
$entry->location->{type};#this is just a hash
$entry->location->{content};#this is just a hash

#create an error from a Google data API server...
my $entry = new WebService::GData::Error::Entry();
$entry->code('too_long');
$entry->domain('your_domain');
$entry->location({type=>'header',content=>'Missing Version header'});
print $entry->serialize()#return <error>...</error> 

DESCRIPTION

inherits from WebService::GData

This package can parse error response from Google APIs service. You can also create your own basic xml error. All WebService::GData::* classes die a WebService::GData::Error object when something went wrong.

XML error Example:

<error>
     <domain>yt:validation</domain>
     <code>invalid_character</code>
     <location type='xpath'>media:group/media:title/text()</location>
</error>

Example:

use WebService::GData::Error;

#parse an error from a Google data API server...
my $entry = new WebService::GData::Error::Entry($xmlerror);
$entry->code;
$entry->internalreason;
$entry->domain;
$entry->location->{type};#this is just a hash
$entry->location->{content};#this is just a hash

#create an error from a Google data API server...
my $entry = new WebService::GData::Error::Entry();
$entry->code('too_long');
$entry->domain('your_domain');
$entry->location({type=>'header',content=>'Missing Version header'});

Constructor

new

GET/SET METHODS

These methods return their content if no parameters is passed or set their content if a parameter is set.

code

    Get/set an error code.

    Parameters

    none - Work as a getter
    content:Scalar - Work as a setter

    Returns

    content:Scalar (as a getter)

location

    Get/set the error location as an xpath.It requires a ref hash with type and content as keys.

    Parameters

    none - Work as a getter
    content:HashRef - Work as a setter. the hash must be in contain the following : {type=>'...',content=>'...'}.

    Returns

    content:HashRef (as a getter)

    Example:

    $error->location({type=>'invalid_character',content=>'The string contains an unsupported character.'});

domain

    Get/set the type of error. Google data API has validation,quota,authentication,service errors.

    Parameters

    none - Work as a getter
    content:Scalar - Work as a setter.

    Returns

    content:Scalar (as a getter)

serialize

    Send back an xml representation of an error.

    Parameters

    none

    Returns

    content:Scalar - xml representation of the error.

SEE ALSO

XML format overview and explanation of the different kind of errors you can encounter:

http://code.google.com/intl/en/apis/youtube/2.0/developers_guide_protocol_error_responses.html

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

If you do me the favor to _use_ this module and find a bug, please email me i will try to do my best to fix it (patches welcome)!

AUTHOR

shiriru <shirirulestheworld[arobas]gmail.com>

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

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