NAME
   HTTP::Response::Encoding - Adds encoding() to HTTP::Response

VERSION
   $Id: README,v 0.2 2007/05/12 09:24:15 dankogai Exp $

SYNOPSIS
     use LWP::UserAgent;
     use HTTP::Response::Encoding;

     my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new();
     my $res = $ua->get("http://www.example.com/");
     warn $res->encoding;

EXPORT
   Nothing.

METHODS
   This module adds the following methods to HTTP::Response objects.

   "$res->charset"
     Tells the charset *exactly as appears* in the "Content-Type:" header.
     Note that the presence of the charset does not guarantee if the
     response content is decodable via Encode.

     To normalize this, you should try

       $res->encoder->mime_name; # with Encode 2.21 or above

     or

       use I18N::Charset;
       # ...
       mime_charset_name($res->encoding);

   "$res->encoder"
     Returns the corresponding encoder object or undef if it can't.

   "$res->encoding"
     Tells the content encoding in the canonical name in Encode. Returns
     undef if it can't.

     For most cases, you are more likely to successfully find encoding
     after GET than HEAD. HTTP::Response is smart enough to parse

       <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=whatever"/>

     But you need the content to let HTTP::Response parse it. If you don't
     want to retrieve the whole content but interested in its encoding, try
     something like below;

       my $req =  HTTP::Request->new(GET => $uri);
       $req->headers->header(Range => "bytes=0-4095"); # just 1st 4k
       my $res = $ua->request($req);
       warn $res->encoding;

   "$res->decoded_content"
     Discontinued since HTTP::Message already has this method.

     See HTTP::Message for details.

INSTALLATION
   To install this module, run the following commands:

       perl Makefile.PL
       make
       make test
       make install

AUTHOR
   Dan Kogai, "<dankogai at dan.co.jp>"

BUGS
   Please report any bugs or feature requests to
   "bug-http-response-encoding at rt.cpan.org", or through the web
   interface at
   <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=HTTP-Response-Encoding>.
   I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of
   progress on your bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT
   You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

       perldoc HTTP::Response::Encoding

   You can also look for information at:

   *   AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation

       <http://annocpan.org/dist/HTTP-Response-Encoding>

   *   CPAN Ratings

       <http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/HTTP-Response-Encoding>

   *   RT: CPAN's request tracker

       <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=HTTP-Response-Encoding>

   *   Search CPAN

       <http://search.cpan.org/dist/HTTP-Response-Encoding>

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
   GAAS for LWP.

   MIYAGAWA for suggestions.

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE
   Copyright 2007 Dan Kogai, all rights reserved.

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