NAME
Data::BT::PhoneBill - Parse a BT Phone Bill from their web site
SYNOPSIS
my $bill = Data::BT::PhoneBill->new($filename);
while (my $call = $bill->next_call) {
print $call->date, $call->time, $call->destination,
$call->number, $call->duration, $call->type, $call->cost;
}
}
DESCRIPTION
This module provides an interface for querying your BT phone bill, as
produced from their "View My Bill" service at
http://www.bt.com/
You should use their "Download Calls" option to save your bill as a CSV
file, and then feed it to this module.
CONSTRUCTOR
new
my $bill = Data::BT::PhoneBill->new($filename);
Parses the bill stored in $filename.
FETCHING DATA
while (my $call = $bill->next_call) {
print $call->date, $call->time, $call->destination,
$call->number, $call->duration, $call->type, $call->cost;
}
}
Each time you call $bill->next_call it will return a
Data::BT::PhoneBill::_Call object representing a telephone call (or
false when there are no more to read)
Each Call object has the following methods defined:
date
A Date::Simple object represeting the date of the call.
time
A string representing the time of the call in the 24-hr format 'hh:mm'.
destination
A string that for local and national calls will usually be the town.
However this can also contain things like "Premium Rate", "Local Rate"
etc for 'non-geographic' calls.
number
A string representing the telephone number dialled, formatted as it
appears on the bill.
duration
The length of the call in seconds.
type
The 'type' of call - e.g. "DD Local", "DD International".
cost
The cost of the call, before any discounts are applied, in pence.
chargecard
Any chargecard number used make the call.
installation
The phone number from which the call was placed.
line
The line from which the call was placed (if a secondary line with the
same number is installed).
rebate
Any rebates applied to the call.
AUTHOR
Tony Bowden, with improvements from Simon Cozens
BUGS and QUERIES
Please direct all correspondence regarding this module to:
[email protected]
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright (C) 2001-2005 Tony Bowden.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License; either version
2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
SEE ALSO
The Perl.com article on Class::DBI is based around Data::BT::PhoneBill -
http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2002/11/27/classdbi.html
