NAME¶
HTTP::Link::Parser - parse HTTP Link headers
SYNOPSIS¶
use HTTP::Link::Parser ':standard';
use LWP::UserAgent;
my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new;
my $response = $ua->get("http://example.com/foo");
# Parse link headers into an RDF::Trine::Model.
my $model = parse_links_into_model($response);
# Find data about <http://example.com/foo>.
my $iterator = $model->get_statements(
RDF::Trine::Node::Resource->new('http://example.com/foo'),
undef,
undef);
while ($statement = $iterator->next)
{
# Skip data where the value is not a resource (i.e. link)
next unless $statement->object->is_resource;
printf("Link to <%s> with rel=\"%s\".\n",
$statement->object->uri,
$statement->predicate->uri);
}
DESCRIPTION¶
HTTP::Link::Parser parses HTTP "Link" headers found in an
HTTP::Response object. Headers should conform to the format described in RFC
5988.
Functions¶
To export all functions:
use HTTP::Link::Parser ':all';
- "parse_links_into_model($response,
[$existing_model])"
- Takes an HTTP::Response object (or in fact, any
HTTP::Message object) and returns an RDF::Trine::Model containing link
data extracted from the response. Dublin Core is used to encode
'hreflang', 'title' and 'type' link parameters.
$existing_model is an RDF::Trine::Model to add data to. If omitted, a new,
empty model is created.
- "parse_links_to_rdfjson($response)"
- Returns a hashref with a structure inspired by the RDF/JSON
specification. This can be thought of as a shortcut for:
parse_links_into_model($response)->as_hashref
But it's faster as no intermediate model is built.
- "relationship_uri($short)"
- This function is not exported by default.
It may be used to convert short strings identifying relationships, such as
"next" and "prev", into longer URIs identifying the
same relationships, such as
"http://www.iana.org/assignments/relation/next" and
"http://www.iana.org/assignments/relation/prev".
If passed a string which is a URI already, simply returns it as-is.
Internal Functions¶
These are really just internal implementations, but you can use them if you
like.
- "parse_links_to_list($response)"
- This function is not exported by default.
Returns an arrayref of hashrefs. Each hashref contains keys corresponding to
the link parameters of the link, and a key called 'URI' corresponding to
the target of the link.
The 'rel' and 'rev' keys are arrayrefs containing lists of relationships. If
the Link used the short form of a registered relationship, then the short
form is present on this list. Short forms can be converted to long forms
(URIs) using the "relationship_uri" function.
The structure returned by this function should not be considered
stable.
- "parse_single_link($link, $base,
[$default_lang])"
- This function is not exported by default.
This parses a single Link header (minus the "Link:" bit itself)
into a hashref structure. A base URI must be included in case the link
contains relative URIs. A default language can be provided for the 'title'
parameter.
The structure returned by this function should not be considered
stable.
BUGS¶
Please report any bugs to <
http://rt.cpan.org/>.
SEE ALSO¶
<
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc5988.txt>
RDF::Trine, HTTP::Response, XRD::Parser, HTTP::LRDD.
<
http://n2.talis.com/wiki/RDF_JSON_Specification>.
<
http://www.perlrdf.org/>.
AUTHOR¶
Toby Inkster <tobyink@cpan.org>.
COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE¶
Copyright (C) 2009-2011 by Toby Inkster
a.k.a. "The MIT Licence"¶
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