NAME

WWW::Dilbert - Retrieve Dilbert of the day comic strip images

SYNOPSIS

 use WWW::Dilbert qw(get_strip mirror_strip strip_url);
 
 # Get the URL for todays strip
 my $image_url = strip_url();
 
 # Get todays strip
 my $image_blob = get_strip();
 
 # Get a specific strip by specifying the ID
 my $ethical_garbage_man = get_strip("2666040051128");
 
 # Write todays strip to local_filename.gif on disk
 my $filename_written = mirror_strip("local_filename.gif");
 
 # Write a specific strip to mystrip.gif on disk
 my $filename_written = mirror_strip("mystrip.gif","2666040051128");

DESCRIPTION

This module will download the latest Dilbert of the Day cartoon strip from the Dilbert website and return a binary blob of the image, or write it to disk.

EXPORTS

The following functions can be exported with the ":all" export tag, or individually as is show in the above example.

strip_url

 # Return todays strip URL
 my $url = strip_url();

 # Return the strip matching ID 200512287225
 $url = strip_url("200512287225");

Accepts an optional argument strip ID argument.

get_strip

 # Get todays comic strip image
 my $image_blob = get_strip();

Accepts an optional argument strip ID argument.

mirror_strip

 # Write todays comic strip to "mystrip.gif" on disk
 my $filename_written = mirror_strip("mystrip.gif");

Accepts two optional arguments. The first is the filename that the comic strip should be written to on disk. The second specifies the strip ID.

Returns the name of the file that was written to disk.

VERSION

$Id: Dilbert.pm,v 1.19 2006/01/12 22:30:11 nicolaw Exp $

AUTHOR

Nicola Worthington <nicolaw@cpan.org>

<http://perlgirl.org.uk>

COPYRIGHT

This software is licensed under The Apache Software License, Version 2.0.

<http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0>