MetaCPAN::API::Distribution(3)

NAME
MetaCPAN::API::Distribution - Distribution information for MetaCPAN::API

VERSION
version 0.51

DESCRIPTION
This role provides MetaCPAN::API with fetching information about distributions, returning information about the distribution which is not specific to a version (like RT bug counts).

METHODS

  distribution
    my $result = $mcpan->distribution('DBIx-Class');

Searches MetaCPAN for a dist.

You can do complex searches using 'search' parameter:

    my $result = $mcpan->distribution(
        search => {
            filter => { exists => { field => 'bugs.source' } },
            fields => ['name', 'bugs.source'],
            size   => 5,
        },
    );

AUTHOR
Sawyer X <xsawyerx@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2011 by Sawyer X.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.