HTTP::OAI::UserAgent(3)

NAME
HTTP::OAI::UserAgent - Extension of the LWP::UserAgent for OAI HTTP requests

DESCRIPTION
This module provides a simplified mechanism for making requests to an OAI repository, using the existing LWP::UserAgent module.

SYNOPSIS
        require HTTP::OAI::UserAgent;

        my $ua = new HTTP::OAI::UserAgent;

        my $response = $ua->request(
                baseURL=>'http://arXiv.org/oai1',
                verb=>'ListRecords',
                from=>'2001-08-01',
                until=>'2001-08-31'
        );

        print $response->content;

METHODS

$ua = new HTTP::OAI::UserAgent(proxy=>'www-cache',...)
    This constructor method returns a new instance of a HTTP::OAI::UserAgent module. All arguments are passed to the LWP::UserAgent constructor.

$r = $ua->request($req)
    Requests the HTTP response defined by $req, which is a HTTP::Request object.

$r = $ua->request(baseURL=>$baseref, verb=>$verb, %opts)
    Makes an HTTP request to the given OAI server (baseURL) with OAI arguments. Returns an HTTP::Response object.

    OAI-PMH related options:

            from => $from
            until => $until
            resumptionToken => $token
            metadataPrefix => $mdp
            set => $set

$time_d = $ua->delay( $time_d )
    Return and optionally set a time (in seconds) to wait between requests. $time_d may be a CODEREF.