NAME
WebService::Pokemon - A module to access the Pokémon data through RESTful API from 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 repo at https://github.com/kianmeng/webservice-pokemon.
Docker
If you have Docker installed, you can build your Docker container for this project.
$ docker build -t webservice-pokemon .
$ docker run -it -v $(pwd):/root webservice-pokemon bash
# cpanm --installdeps --notest .
Milla
Setting up the required packages.
$ milla authordeps --missing | cpanm
$ milla listdeps --missing | cpanm
Check you code coverage.
$ milla cover
Several ways to run the test.
$ milla test
$ milla test --author --release
$ AUTHOR_TESTING=1 RELEASE_TESTING=1 milla test
$ AUTHOR_TESTING=1 RELEASE_TESTING=1 milla run prove t/01_instantiation.t
Release the module.
$ milla build
$ milla release
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');
cache
The cache directory of the HTTP reponses. By default, all cached data is stored as files in /tmp/cache/.
# Default cache engine is file-based storage.
my $pokemon_api = WebService::Pokemon->new;
# Or we define our custom cache engine with settings.
my $pokemon_api = WebService::Pokemon->new(
cache => CHI->new(
driver => 'File',
namespace => 'restcountries',
root_dir => $ENV{PWD} . '/tmp/cache/',
)
);
# Or after the object was created.
my $pokemon_api = WebService::Pokemon->new;
$pokemon_api->cache(
cache => CHI->new(
driver => 'File',
namespace => 'restcountries',
root_dir => $ENV{PWD} . '/tmp/cache/',
)
);
resource($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');
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is Copyright (c) 2018 by Kian Meng, Ang.
This is free software, licensed under:
The Artistic License 2.0 (GPL Compatible)
AUTHOR
Kian Meng, Ang <kianmeng@users.noreply.github.com>