NAME
    WWW::DistroWatch::ReleaseInfo - Get information about a distro's
    releases

VERSION
    This document describes version 0.06 of WWW::DistroWatch::ReleaseInfo
    (from Perl distribution WWW-DistroWatch-ReleaseInfo), released on
    2018-01-22.

FUNCTIONS
  get_distro_releases_info
    Usage:

     get_distro_releases_info(%args) -> [status, msg, result, meta]

    Get information about a distro's releases.

    This routine scrapes
    "http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=<NAME>" and returns a
    data structure like the following:

     [
         {
              release_name => '17.2 rafaela',
              release_date => '2015-06-30',
              eol_date => '2019-04',
              abiword_version => '--',
              alsa_lib_version => '1.0.27.2',
              perl_version => '5.22.0',
              python_version => '2.7.5',
              ...
         },
         ...

       ]

    This function is not exported by default, but exportable.

    Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):

    *   distribution* => *str*

        Name of distribution, e.g. "mint", "ubuntu", "debian".

    *   file => *str*

        Instead of retrieving page from distrowatch.com, use this file's
        content.

    Returns an enveloped result (an array).

    First element (status) is an integer containing HTTP status code (200
    means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element (msg) is
    a string containing error message, or 'OK' if status is 200. Third
    element (result) is optional, the actual result. Fourth element (meta)
    is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra
    information.

    Return value: (any)

  list_distros
    Usage:

     list_distros(%args) -> [status, msg, result, meta]

    List all known distros.

    This function is not exported by default, but exportable.

    Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):

    *   file => *str*

        Instead of retrieving page from distrowatch.com, use this file's
        content.

    Returns an enveloped result (an array).

    First element (status) is an integer containing HTTP status code (200
    means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element (msg) is
    a string containing error message, or 'OK' if status is 200. Third
    element (result) is optional, the actual result. Fourth element (meta)
    is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra
    information.

    Return value: (any)

  list_distros_cached
    Usage:

     list_distros_cached() -> [status, msg, result, meta]

    List all known distros (cached data).

    This function is not exported by default, but exportable.

    No arguments.

    Returns an enveloped result (an array).

    First element (status) is an integer containing HTTP status code (200
    means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element (msg) is
    a string containing error message, or 'OK' if status is 200. Third
    element (result) is optional, the actual result. Fourth element (meta)
    is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra
    information.

    Return value: (any)

HOMEPAGE
    Please visit the project's homepage at
    <https://metacpan.org/release/WWW-DistroWatch-ReleaseInfo>.

SOURCE
    Source repository is at
    <https://github.com/perlancar/perl-WWW-DistroWatch-ReleaseInfo>.

BUGS
    Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website
    <https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=WWW-DistroWatch-Relea
    seInfo>

    When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch
    to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.

AUTHOR
    perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
    This software is copyright (c) 2018, 2015 by perlancar@cpan.org.

    This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
    the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

