NAME
WWW::VenusEnvy - Retrieve VenusEnvy comic strip images
SYNOPSIS
use WWW::VenusEnvy qw(get_strip mirror_strip strip_url);
# Get the URL for todays strip
my $image_url = strip_url();
# Get todays strip
my $image_blob = get_strip();
# Get a specific strip by specifying the ID
my $christmas_kiss = get_strip("20051229");
# Write todays strip to local_filename.gif on disk
my $filename_written = mirror_strip("local_filename.gif");
# Write a specific strip to mystrip.gif on disk
my $filename_written = mirror_strip("mystrip.gif","20051229");
DESCRIPTION
This module will download the latest VenusEnvy comic strip from the
Keenspace website and return a binary blob of the image, or write it to
disk.
EXPORTS
The following functions can be exported with the ":all" export tag, or
individually as is show in the above example.
strip_url
# Return todays strip URL
my $url = strip_url();
# Return the strip URL for 19th August 2005
$url = strip_url("20050819");
Accepts an optional argument specifying the date of the comic strip in
ISO format "YYYYMMDD".
get_strip
# Get todays comic strip image
my $image_blob = get_strip();
Accepts an optional argument specifying the date of the comic strip in
ISO format "YYYYMMDD".
mirror_strip
# Write todays comic strip to "mystrip.gif" on disk
my $filename_written = mirror_strip("mystrip.gif");
Accepts two optional arguments. The first is the filename that the comic
strip should be written to on disk. The second specifies the date of the
comic strip in ISO format "YYYYMMDD".
Returns the name of the file that was written to disk.
VERSION
$Id: VenusEnvy.pm,v 1.10 2006/01/28 13:17:40 nicolaw Exp $
AUTHOR
Nicola Worthington <
[email protected]>
<
http://perlgirl.org.uk>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2005,2006 Nicola Worthington.
This software is licensed under The Apache Software License, Version
2.0.
<
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0>
