NAME

WWW::AfinimaKi - AfinimaKi Recommendation Engine Client

SYNOPSIS

use WWW::AfinimaKi;         # Notice the uppercase "K"!

my $api = WWW::AfinimaKi->new( $your_api_key, $your_api_secret);

...

$api->set_rate($email_sha256, $user_id, $rates);

...

my $estimated_rate = $api->estimate_rate($email_sha256, $rate);

...

my $recommendations = $api->get_recommendations($email_sha256);
foreach (@$recommendations) {
    print "item_id: $_->{item_id} estimated_rate: $_->{estimated_rate}\n";
}

...

my $recommendations = $api->get_recommendations($email_sha256);
foreach (@$recommendations) {
    print "item_id: $_->{item_id} estimated_rate: $_->{estimated_rate}\n";
}

...

my $soul_mates = $api->get_soul_mates($email_sha256);
foreach (@$soul_mates) {
    print "user_id: $_->{user_id} afinimaki: $_->{afinamki} email_sha256: $_->{email_sha256}\n";
}

DESCRIPTION

WWW::AfinimaKi is a simple client for the AfinimaKi Recommendation API. Check http://www.afinimaki.com for more details.

All functions use an email digest of your users, in orden to maintain their privacy. The digest function is SHA256. You can generate the digest with the function sha256_hex from the module Digest::SHA.

Methods

new

my $api = WWW::AfinimaKi->new( 
                api_key     => $your_api_key, 
                api_secret  => $your_api_secret, 
                debug       => $debug_level,
                memcached   => $memcached_server
);

if (!$api) {
    die "Error construction afinimaki, wrong keys length?";
}

new Construct the AfinimaKi object. No network traffic is 
generated (the account credentialas are not checked at this point). 

The given keys must be 32 character long. You can get them at 
www.afinimaki.com 

Debug level can be 0 or 1.

user-item services

set_rate_, add_to_wishlist, add_to_blacklist, remove_from_lists

$api->set_rate(
    $email_sha256, 
    $user_id,
    $item_id,
    $rate,
    $ts,
);

$api->add_to_wishlist(
    $email_sha256,
    $user_id,
    $item_id,
    $ts,
);

$api->add_to_blacklist( ... same as add_to_wishlist ...);
$api->remove_from_lists( ... same as add_to_wishlist ...);

$ts is the unix timestamp when the action was done 
(if $ts is not given, the action was performed now).

user_id indicate the API to store your user_id in the DB, 
besides the email_sha256. Then, functions like get_soul_mates 
can return you back your user's ID for your conveniente.

All calls wait until the RPC call has ended. 
On error, return is undef, and the RPC::XML error will be carp'ed.
On success, the returned values are:

1: The rate was inserted 
2: The rate existed previous, and it was NOT modified 
3: The rate existed previous, and it was updated by 
   this call
-1: Error in parameters

set_rate

Stores rates in the server 

add_to_wishlist

Adds the given $item_ids to user's wishlist. This 
means that id will not be in the user's recommentation 
list, and the action will be use to tune users's 
recommendations (The user seems to like this item).

add_to_blacklist

Adds the given $item_ids to user's blacklist. This 
means that id will not be in the user's recommentation 
list, and the action will be use to tune users's 
recommendations (The user seems to dislike this item).

remove_from_lists Stores a rate in the server.

Removes the given items from user's wish and black lists, 
and also removes user item's rating (if any).

estimate_rate

my $estimated_rate = $api->estimate_rate($email_sha256, $item_id);

Estimate a rate. Undef is returned if the rate could not 
be estimated (usually because the given user or the given 
item does not have many rates).

On error, returns undef, and carp the RPC::XML error.

estimate_multiple_rates

my $rates_hashref = $api->estimate_rate($email_sha256, @item_ids);

foreach my $item_id (keys %$rates_hashref) {
    print "Estimated rate for $item_id is 
        $rates_hashref->{$item_id}\n";
}

Estimate multimple rates. The returned hash has 
the structure: 

        item_id => estimated_rate

On error, returns undef, and carp the RPC::XML error.

get_recommendations

my $recommendations = $api->get_recommendations($email_sha256);

foreach (@$recommendations) {
    print "item_id: $_->{item_id} 
            estimated_rate: $_->{estimated_rate}\n";
}

Get a list of user's recommentations, based on users' 
and community previous rates.  Recommendations does not 
include rated or marked items (in the whish or black list).

user-user services

get_user_user_afinimaki

my $afinimaki = 
    $api->get_user_user_afinimaki($email_sha256_user_1, $email_sha256_user_2);

Gets user vs user afinimaki. AfinimaKi range is [0.0-1.0].

get_soul_mates

my $soul_mates = $api->get_soul_mates($email_sha256);

foreach (@$soul_mates) {
    print "user_id: $_->{user_id} 
            afinimaki: $_->{afinimaki}
            email_sha: $_->{email_sha256}
            \n";
}

Get a list of user's soul mates (users with similar 
tastes). AfinimaKi range is [0.0-1.0].

Note that user_id in the results will ONLY be filled if you have 
upload you user_id's using set_rate or a similar function.

AUTHORS

WWW::AfinimaKi by Matias Alejo Garcia (matiu at cpan.org)

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2010 Matias Alejo Garcia. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

SUPPORT / WARRANTY

The WWW::AfinimaKi is free Open Source software. IT COMES WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND.

Github repository is at http://github.com/matiu/WWW--AfinimaKi

BUGS

None discovered yet... please let me know if you run into one.