NAME
   Parallel::Downloader - simple downloading of multiple files at once

VERSION
   version 0.120101

SYNOPSIS
       use HTTP::Request::Common qw( GET POST );
       use Parallel::Downloader 'async_download';

       # simple example
       my @requests = map GET( "http://google.com" ), ( 1..15 );
       my @responses = async_download( requests => \@requests );

       # complex example
       my @complex_reqs = ( ( map POST( "http://google.com", [ type_id => $_ ] ), ( 1..60 ) ),
                          ( map POST( "http://yahoo.com", [ type_id => $_ ] ), ( 1..60 ) ) );

       my $downloader = Parallel::Downloader->new(
           requests => \@complex_reqs,
           workers => 50,
           conns_per_host => 12,
           aehttp_args => {
               timeout => 30,
               on_prepare => sub {
                   print "download started ($AnyEvent::HTTP::ACTIVE / $AnyEvent::HTTP::MAX_PER_HOST)\n"
               }
           },
           debug => 1,
           logger => sub {
               my ( $downloader, $message ) = @_;
               print "downloader sez [$message->{type}]: $message->{msg}\n";
           },
       );
       my @complex_responses = $downloader->run;

DESCRIPTION
   This is not a library to build a parallel downloader on top of. It is a
   downloading client build on top of AnyEvent::HTTP.

   Its goal is not to be better, faster, or smaller than anything else. Its
   goal is to provide the user with a single function they can call with a
   bunch of HTTP requests and which gives them the responses for them with
   as little fuss as possible and most importantly, without downloading
   them in sequence.

   It handles the busywork of grouping requests by hosts and limiting the
   amount of simultaneous requests per host, separate from capping the
   amount of overall connections. This allows the user to maximize their
   own connection without abusing remote hosts.

   Of course, there are facilities to customize the exact limits employed
   and to add logging and such; but "async_download" is the premier piece
   of API and should be enough for most uses.

FUNCTIONS
 async_download
   Can be requested to be exported, will instantiate a Parallel::Downloader
   object with the given parameters, run it and return the results.

METHODS
 run
   Runs the downloads for the given parameters and returns an array of
   array references, each containing the decoded contents, the headers and
   the HTTP::Request object.

SUPPORT
 Bugs / Feature Requests
   Please report any bugs or feature requests through the issue tracker at
   <http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Parallel-Downloader>.
   You will be notified automatically of any progress on your issue.

 Source Code
   This is open source software. The code repository is available for
   public review and contribution under the terms of the license.

   <https://github.com/wchristian/parallel-downloader>

     git clone https://github.com/wchristian/parallel-downloader.git

AUTHOR
   Christian Walde <[email protected]>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
   This software is Copyright (c) 2012 by Christian Walde.

   This is free software, licensed under:

     DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE, Version 2, December 2004