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HTTP::OAI::UserAgent(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation HTTP::OAI::UserAgent(3pm)

NAME

HTTP::OAI::UserAgent - Extension of the LWP::UserAgent for OAI HTTP requests

DESCRIPTION

This module provides a simplified mechanism for making requests to an OAI repository, using the existing LWP::UserAgent module.

SYNOPSIS

        require HTTP::OAI::UserAgent;
        my $ua = new HTTP::OAI::UserAgent;
        my $response = $ua->request(
                baseURL=>'http://arXiv.org/oai1',
                verb=>'ListRecords',
                from=>'2001-08-01',
                until=>'2001-08-31'
        );
        print $response->content;

METHODS

$ua = new HTTP::OAI::UserAgent(proxy=>'www-cache',...)
This constructor method returns a new instance of a HTTP::OAI::UserAgent module. All arguments are passed to the LWP::UserAgent constructor.
$r = $ua->request($req)
Requests the HTTP response defined by $req, which is a HTTP::Request object.
$r = $ua->request(baseURL=>$baseref, verb=>$verb, %opts)
Makes an HTTP request to the given OAI server (baseURL) with OAI arguments. Returns an HTTP::Response object.

OAI-PMH related options:

        from => $from
        until => $until
        resumptionToken => $token
        metadataPrefix => $mdp
        set => $set
    
$time_d = $ua->delay( $time_d )
Return and optionally set a time (in seconds) to wait between requests. $time_d may be a CODEREF.
2023-09-28 perl v5.36.0