NAME
RDF::Query::Client - get data from W3C SPARQL Protocol 1.0 servers
SYNOPSIS
use RDF::Query::Client;
my $query = RDF::Query::Client
->new('SELECT DISTINCT ?s WHERE { ?s ?p ?o . }');
my $iterator = $query->execute('
http://example.com/sparql');
while (my $row = $iterator->next) {
print $row->{s}->as_string;
}
DESCRIPTION
Constructor
`new ( $sparql, \%opts )`
Returns a new RDF::Query::Client object for the specified $sparql. The
object's interface is designed to be roughly compatible with
RDF::Query objects, though RDF::Query is not required by this module.
Options include:
UserAgent - an LWP::UserAgent to handle HTTP requests.
Unlike RDF::Query, where you get a choice of query language, the query
language for RDF::Query::Client is always 'sparql'.
RDF::TrineShortcuts offers a way to perform RDQL queries on remote
SPARQL stores though (by transforming RDQL to SPARQL).
Public Methods
`execute ( $endpoint, \%opts )`
$endpoint is a URI object or string containing the endpoint URI to be
queried.
Options include:
* UserAgent - an LWP::UserAgent to handle HTTP requests.
* QueryMethod - 'GET', 'POST', 'PATCH' or undef (automatic).
* QueryParameter - defaults to 'query'.
* AuthUsername - HTTP Basic authorization.
* AuthPassword - HTTP Basic authorization.
* Headers - additional headers to include (hashref).
* Parameters - additional GET/POST fields to include (hashref).
* ContentType - 'application/sparql-query',
'application/sparql-update' or 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
(default).
Returns undef on error; an RDF::Trine::Iterator if called in a scalar
context; an array obtained by calling `get_all` on the iterator if
called in list context.
`discover_execute( $resource_uri, \%opts )`
Experimental feature. Discovers a SPARQL endpoint relevant to
$resource_uri and then calls `$query->execute` against that. Uses an
LRDD-like method to discover the endpoint. If you're publishing data
and want people to be able to find your SPARQL endpoint automatically,
the easiest way is to include an Link header in HTTP responses:
Link: </my/endpoint>; rel="
http://ontologi.es/sparql#endpoint"
Change the URL in the angled brackets, but not the URL in the rel
string.
This feature requires the HTTP::LRDD package to be installed.
`get ( $endpoint, \%opts )`
Executes the query using the specified endpoint, and returns the first
matching row as a LIST of values. Takes the same arguments as
`execute`.
`as_sparql`
Returns the query as a string in the SPARQL syntax.
`useragent`
Returns the LWP::UserAgent object used for retrieving web content.
`http_response`
Returns the last HTTP Response the client experienced.
`error`
Returns the last error the client experienced.
Security
The `execute` and `get` methods allow AuthUsername and AuthPassword
options to be passed to them for HTTP Basic authentication. For more
complicated authentication (Digest, OAuth, Windows, etc), it is also
possible to pass these methods a customised LWP::UserAgent.
If you have the Crypt::SSLeay package installed, requests to HTTPS
endpoints should work. It's possible to specify a client X.509 certificate
(e.g. for WebID authentication) by setting particular environment
variables. See Crypt::SSLeay documentation for details.
BUGS
Probably.
Please report any you find here:
<
https://rt.cpan.org/Dist/Display.html?Queue=RDF-Query-Client>.
SEE ALSO
* RDF::Trine, RDF::Trine::Iterator
* RDF::Query
* LWP::UserAgent
* <
http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-sparql-protocol/>
* <
http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-sparql-query/>
* <
http://www.perlrdf.org/>
AUTHOR
Toby Inkster, <
[email protected]>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright (C) 2009-2013 by Toby Inkster
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.