WWW-Rapidshare-Free NAME WWW::Rapidshare::Free - Automates downloading from Rapidshare.com and checking links for free users VERSION Version 0.01 SYNOPSIS use strict; use warnings; use WWW::Rapidshare::Free qw( verbose add_links check_links download connection ); # We are going to let the module be verbose and display a delay metre and # progress bar. verbose(1); my @links = add_links( qw{ http://rapidshare.com/files/175658683/perl-51.zip http://rapidshare.com/files/175662062/perl-52.zip } ); print "Added links:\n"; map print("\t$_\n"), @links; my @erroneous_links = check_links; map { my ( $uri, $error ) = @{$_}; print "URI: $uri\nError: $error\n"; } @erroneous_links; download( properties => \&properties, file_complete => \&file_complete, ); sub properties { my ( $file_name, $file_size ) = @_; print "Filename: $file_name\nFile size: $file_size bytes\n"; } sub file_complete { # Let us restart the modem. I have updated my /etc/sudoers file to allow me # to execute sudo pppoe-start and sudo pppoe-stop without a password. connection( connect => 'sudo pppoe-start', disconnect => 'sudo pppoe-stop', ); } FUNCTIONS By default, the module does not export any function. An export tag "all" has been defined to export all functions. The following functions can be exported: * add_links Adds links to be downloaded and returns the added links as an array. Accepts an array of values as argument. Ignores commented links (links that start with a "#") and invalid links. * add_links_from_file Adds links from a file which is given as an argument and returns the added links as an array. Ignores commented links (links that start with a "#") and invalid links. * links Returns current links which have been added by "add_links" or "add_links_from_file". * clear_links Clears current links and returns them as an array. * check_links Checks if the links are alive or not. Returns an array of array references if there are dead links. The latter arrays are of the form "[ link, error message ]". If all links are alive, returns false. Additionally it also removes the dead links. my @erroneous_links = check_links; map { my ( $uri, $error ) = @{$_}; print "URI: $uri\nError: $error\n"; } @erroneous_links; * download Downloads files off valid links. Accepts a hash with a maximum of four keys having callbacks as their values. The hash should be of the form: ( delay => \&delay_callback, properties => \&properties_callback, progress => \&progress_callback, file_complete => \&file_complete ) Callbacks are passed values as follows: * "delay" "delay" callback is passed the number of seconds until download begins. It is called every second until the delay is zero. Delay is decremented each time the callback is executed. * "properties" "properties" is passed the file name and file size as two arguments. * "progress" Sole argument is the number of bytes of the current file downloaded so far. This callback is executed every instant in which data is written to the file which is being downloaded. * "file_complete" This callback passes control after each file is downloaded. Disconnection/connection establishment or reconnection is possible by invoking "connection". * verbose Controls the output verbosity. Pass it a false value such as 0 or '' (empty string) to turn off the delay metre and progress bar. Everything else turns on verbosity. Verbosity is true by default. * connection Most useful within the callback of "download" pertaining to the hash key "file_complete". Accepts a hash: connection( connect => '', # Command to start a connection disconnect => '', # Command to disconnect reconnect => '' # Command to reconnect ); Either both "connect" and "disconnect" have to be specified, or "reconnect" has to be specified. If a single command can reconnect, then a value for "reconnect" will be apt, else "connect" and "disconnect" should be assigned the respective commands to connect and disconnect. The commands should be your operating system's commands to connect/disconnect/reconnect the internet connection. Windows users can use the rasdial utility to connect/disconnect: . Check "download.pl" file inside "example" directory for usage example of the module. INSTALLATION To install this module, run the following commands: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install AUTHOR Alan Haggai Alavi, "" BUGS Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-www-rapidshare-free at rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at . I will be notified, and then you will automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes. SUPPORT AND DOCUMENTATION After installing, you can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command. perldoc WWW::Rapidshare::Free You can also look for information at: RT, CPAN's request tracker http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=WWW-Rapidshare-Free AnnoCPAN, Annotated CPAN documentation http://annocpan.org/dist/WWW-Rapidshare-Free CPAN Ratings http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/WWW-Rapidshare-Free Search CPAN http://search.cpan.org/dist/WWW-Rapidshare-Free/ COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE Copyright (C) 2008 Alan Haggai Alavi, all rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.