NAME

Nuvol - A cloud toolkit

SYNOPSIS

use Nuvol;

# connect to a service
my $configfile = '/path/to/configfile';
my $service    = '...';  # one of Dropbox, Office365
my $connector  = Nuvol::autoconnect($configfile, $service);

# get main drive
my $drive = $connector->drive('~');

# upload a file
use Mojo::File 'path';
my $file = $drive->item('/My Text.txt')->copy_from(path 'Text on my PC.txt');

# copy to another file
my $file_2 = $file->copy_to('/path/to/Text Copy.txt');

# download
my $downloaded = $file_2->copy_to(path 'Downloaded Text.txt');

# change the text
$file_2->spurt('This text was changed.');

# read it
my $content = $file_2->slurp;

# and delete the file
$file_2->remove;

DESCRIPTION

Nuvol is a toolkit to manipulate files and folders on cloud services. For the beginning it supports Dropbox, Office 365, and a Dummy service.

Nuvol
└── Connector
    ├── Config
    │   └── config file
    └── Drive
        └── Item
            ├── File
            └── Folder

The services are organized in connectors, drives, items, files, and folders. The data needed to access a service is stored in a config file.

Connector

The Connector is responsible for authentication and for the connection to the cloud service.

Config and config file

The config file stores the tokens and other parameters used to establish a connection. Internally is is represented by a Config object.

Warning: The information in the config file allows full access to your cloud data for anyone who can read it. It should be stored at a secure place. Services that are no longer used should be disabled with "disconnect" in Nuvol::Connector.

Drive

A Drive is an isolated area where your data is stored. You may have a drive for your personal and another for your business data. Not all cloud providers support different drives.

Item

Every object in a drive is an Item. Item is just an abstract type, a real object is either a File or a Folder.

The syntax for drive items is oriented at Mojo::File, so anyone familiar with this module will recognize most of the methods.

FUNCTIONS

None of the functions is exported.

autoconnect

use Nuvol;
$connector = Nuvol::autoconnect($configfile, $service);

Opens a connection using an existing config file, or starts an interactive authentication process if the file doesn't exist. Returns a Nuvol::Connector.

connect

use Nuvol;
$connector = Nuvol::connect($configfile);

Opens a connection using an existing config file. Returns a Nuvol::Connector.

AUTHOR & COPYRIGHT

© 2013–2020 by Tekki (Rolf Stöckli).

This program is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the Artistic License version 2.0.

SEE ALSO

Nuvol::Connector, Nuvol::Drive, Nuvol::Item, Nuvol::Test.