NAME WWW::DistroWatch::ReleaseInfo - Get information about a distro's releases VERSION This document describes version 0.06 of WWW::DistroWatch::ReleaseInfo (from Perl distribution WWW-DistroWatch-ReleaseInfo), released on 2018-01-22. FUNCTIONS get_distro_releases_info Usage: get_distro_releases_info(%args) -> [status, msg, result, meta] Get information about a distro's releases. This routine scrapes "http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=" and returns a data structure like the following: [ { release_name => '17.2 rafaela', release_date => '2015-06-30', eol_date => '2019-04', abiword_version => '--', alsa_lib_version => '1.0.27.2', perl_version => '5.22.0', python_version => '2.7.5', ... }, ... ] This function is not exported by default, but exportable. Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments): * distribution* => *str* Name of distribution, e.g. "mint", "ubuntu", "debian". * file => *str* Instead of retrieving page from distrowatch.com, use this file's content. Returns an enveloped result (an array). First element (status) is an integer containing HTTP status code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element (msg) is a string containing error message, or 'OK' if status is 200. Third element (result) is optional, the actual result. Fourth element (meta) is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra information. Return value: (any) list_distros Usage: list_distros(%args) -> [status, msg, result, meta] List all known distros. This function is not exported by default, but exportable. Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments): * file => *str* Instead of retrieving page from distrowatch.com, use this file's content. Returns an enveloped result (an array). First element (status) is an integer containing HTTP status code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element (msg) is a string containing error message, or 'OK' if status is 200. Third element (result) is optional, the actual result. Fourth element (meta) is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra information. Return value: (any) list_distros_cached Usage: list_distros_cached() -> [status, msg, result, meta] List all known distros (cached data). This function is not exported by default, but exportable. No arguments. Returns an enveloped result (an array). First element (status) is an integer containing HTTP status code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element (msg) is a string containing error message, or 'OK' if status is 200. Third element (result) is optional, the actual result. Fourth element (meta) is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra information. Return value: (any) HOMEPAGE Please visit the project's homepage at . SOURCE Source repository is at . BUGS Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature. AUTHOR perlancar COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This software is copyright (c) 2018, 2015 by perlancar@cpan.org. This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.