WWW-Freelancer version 0.0.1

NAME
   WWW::Freelancer - Provides access to Freelancer.com API

VERSION
   This document describes WWW::Freelancer version 0.0.1

INSTALLATION

To install this module, run the following commands:

       perl Build.PL
       ./Build
       ./Build test
       ./Build install

SYNOPSIS
       use WWW::Freelancer;

       my $freelancer = WWW::Freelancer->new();
       my $project    = $freelancer->get_project(1000);
       my $user       = $freelancer->get_user('alanhaggai');

       print 'Project ID: ',   $project->get_id(),   "\n";
       print 'Project Name: ', $project->get_name(), "\n";
       print 'Project URL: ',  $project->get_url(),  "\n";
       print 'User ID: ',      $project->get_id(),   "\n";

DESCRIPTION
   This module provides access to Freelancer.com API 1.0
   (<http://apidocs.getafreelancer.com/index.html>).

INTERFACE
   "new()"
       Returns a new Freelancer object.

   "get_project( id )"
       Accepts "id" of a project and returns a project object.

   "get_user( id | username )"
       Returns a user object corresponding to the provided "id" or
       "username".

   "search_project( HASH )"
       Searches for a project and returns an array of project objects.
       Accepts a HASH with the following keys:

       'keyword'
           Search keyword.

       'owner'
           Username of ID of project owner.

       'winner'
           Username of ID of project winner.

       'jobs'
           Names of job categories from the available list on
           Freelancer.com (Perl, XML, AJAX, et cetera.). This key accepts
           an array reference.

           For example:

               'jobs' => [
                             'Perl',
                             'XML',
                             'AJAX',
                         ]

       'featured'
           If 1, only featured projects, else if 0, only non-featured
           projects.

       'trial'
           If 1, only trial projects, else if 0, only non-trial projects

       'for_gold_members'
           If 1, only 'for gold members' projects, else if 0, only 'for
           non-gold members' projects.

       'nonpublic'
           If 1, only nonpublic projects, else if 0, only public projects.

       'minimum_budget'
           Only projects with budget higher or equal to "minimum_budget".

       'maximum_budget'
           Only projects with budget lower or equal to "maximum_budget".

       'bidding_ends'
           Only projects ending sooner than "bidding_ends" days.

       'order'
           Order projects in the result output. Accepts a hash reference
           with keys and values corresponding to order criteria:

           'id'
               Order by project ID.

           'submitdate'
               Order by date when project was added (default).

           'state'
               Order by state of project. Active/open projects will be
               listed first, frozen projects then, and at last closed
               projects.

           'bid_count'
               Order by number of bids.

           'bid_average'
               Order by average bid.

           'bid_enddate'
               Order by bidding end time.

           'buyer'
               Order by buyer's username.

           'budget'
               Order by budget.

           'relevance'
               Order by relevance of search by keyword. This criterion
               should be used with the parameter "keyword".

           'random'
               Order randomly.

       'order_direction'
           Direction of sorting. If the parameter is equal to "asc",
           results are ordered in ascending way, otherwise, descending
           ("desc").

CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT
   WWW::Freelancer requires no configuration files or environment
   variables.

DEPENDENCIES
   LWP::UserAgent
       Not in CORE

   JSON
       Not in CORE

INCOMPATIBILITIES
   None reported.

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
   No bugs have been reported.

   Please report any bugs or feature requests to
   "[email protected]", or through the web interface at
   <http://rt.cpan.org>.

AUTHOR
   Alan Haggai Alavi "<[email protected]>"

SEE ALSO
   *   WWW::Freelancer::Project

   *   WWW::Freelancer::User

LICENCE AND COPYRIGHT
   Copyright (c) 2010, Alan Haggai Alavi "<[email protected]>". All rights
   reserved.

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

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