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    "parameter": "CPAN::API::HOWTO",
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    "generated": "2026-06-03T02:35:42Z",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "CPAN::API::HOWTO - a recipe book for programming with CPAN.pm\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "RECIPES": {
            "content": "All of these recipes assume that you have put \"use CPAN\" at the top of your program.\n\nWhat distribution contains a particular module?\nmy $distribution = CPAN::Shell->expand(\n\"Module\", \"Data::UUID\"\n)->distribution()->prettyid();\n\nThis returns a string of the form \"AUTHORID/TARBALL\". If you want the full path and filename to\nthis distribution on a CPAN mirror, then it is \".../authors/id/A/AU/AUTHORID/TARBALL\".\n\nWhat modules does a particular distribution contain?\nCPAN::Index->reload();\nmy @modules = CPAN::Shell->expand(\n\"Distribution\", \"JHI/Graph-0.83.tar.gz\"\n)->containsmods();\n\nYou may also refer to a distribution in the form A/AU/AUTHORID/TARBALL.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "the main CPAN.pm documentation\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "LICENSE": {
            "content": "This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as\nPerl itself.\n\nSee <http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html>\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "AUTHOR": {
            "content": "David Cantrell\n",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "CPAN::API::HOWTO - a recipe book for programming with CPAN.pm",
    "flags": [],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": []
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