NAME
    WWW::VenusEnvy - Retrieve VenusEnvy comic strip images

SYNOPSIS
     use WWW::VenusEnvy 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 $christmas_kiss = get_strip("20051229");
     
 # 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","20051229");

DESCRIPTION
    This module will download the latest VenusEnvy comic strip from the
    Keenspace 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 URL for 19th August 2005
     $url = strip_url("20050819");

    Accepts an optional argument specifying the date of the comic strip in
    ISO format "YYYYMMDD".

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

    Accepts an optional argument specifying the date of the comic strip in
    ISO format "YYYYMMDD".

  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 date of the
    comic strip in ISO format "YYYYMMDD".

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

VERSION
    $Id: VenusEnvy.pm,v 1.10 2006/01/28 13:17:40 nicolaw Exp $

AUTHOR
    Nicola Worthington <nicolaw@cpan.org>

    <http://perlgirl.org.uk>

COPYRIGHT
    Copyright 2005,2006 Nicola Worthington.

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

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

