NAME

McBain::Directly - Use a McBain API directly from Perl code.

SYNOPSIS

        # if the API is object oriented
        use MyAPI;

        my $api = MyAPI->new;

        $two_times_five = $api->call('GET:/math/multiply', { one => 2, two => 5 });

        # if the API is not object oriented
        use MyAPI;

        $two_times_five = MyAPI->call('GET:/math/multiply', { one => 2, two => 5 });

DESCRIPTION

The "McBain::Directly" module is the default, and simplest McBain runner available. It allows using APIs written with McBain directly from Perl code.

When used directly, "McBain" APIs behave like so:

Return values from the API's methods are returned to the caller as is, with no formatting or processing whatsoever.
Exceptions are returned as is as well, in "McBain"'s standard exception hash-ref format. This means the "call()" method "die"s when errors are encountered, so you should check for exceptions with "eval", or use something like Try::Tiny.

METHODS EXPORTED TO YOUR API

None.

METHODS REQUIRED BY MCBAIN

This runner module implements the following methods required by "McBain":

generate_env( $namespace, $payload )

Accepts the arguments to the "call()" method and creates "McBain"'s standard $env hash-ref.

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-McBain@rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=McBain>.

SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

        perldoc McBain::Directly

You can also look for information at:

RT: CPAN's request tracker
<http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=McBain>
AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation
<http://annocpan.org/dist/McBain>
CPAN Ratings
<http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/McBain>
Search CPAN
<http://search.cpan.org/dist/McBain/>

AUTHOR

Ido Perlmuter <ido@ido50.net>

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either version 5.8.1 or any later version. See perlartistic and perlgpl.

The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY

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