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📛 NAME

CPAN::API::HOWTO - a recipe book for programming with CPAN.pm

🚀 Quick Reference

Use Case	Command	Description
🔍 Find distribution for a module	my $dist = CPAN::Shell->expand("Module","Data::UUID")->distribution()->pretty_id();	Returns a string like "AUTHORID/TARBALL"
📦 List modules in a distribution	CPAN::Index->reload(); my @mods = CPAN::Shell->expand("Distribution","JHI/Graph-0.83.tar.gz")->containsmods();	Returns list of module names

🔧 RECIPES

All of these recipes assume that you have put use CPAN at the top of your program.

🔍 What distribution contains a particular module?

my $distribution = CPAN::Shell->expand(
    "Module", "Data::UUID"
)->distribution()->pretty_id();

This returns a string of the form "AUTHORID/TARBALL". If you want the full path and filename to this distribution on a CPAN mirror, then it is .../authors/id/A/AU/AUTHORID/TARBALL.

📦 What modules does a particular distribution contain?

CPAN::Index->reload();
my @modules = CPAN::Shell->expand(
    "Distribution", "JHI/Graph-0.83.tar.gz"
)->containsmods();

You may also refer to a distribution in the form A/AU/AUTHORID/TARBALL.

👀 SEE ALSO

the main CPAN.pm documentation

📜 LICENSE

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

See <http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html>

✍️ AUTHOR

David Cantrell

📛 NAME 🚀 Quick Reference 🔧 RECIPES 👀 SEE ALSO 📜 LICENSE ✍️ AUTHOR