NAME WWW::VenusEnvy - Retrieve VenusEnvy comic strip images SYNOPSIS use WWW::VenusEnvy qw(get_strip mirror_strip strip_url); # Get the URL for todays strip my $image_url = strip_url(); # Get todays strip my $image_blob = get_strip(); # Get a specific strip by specifying the ID my $christmas_kiss = get_strip("20051229"); # Write todays strip to local_filename.gif on disk my $filename_written = mirror_strip("local_filename.gif"); # Write a specific strip to mystrip.gif on disk my $filename_written = mirror_strip("mystrip.gif","20051229"); DESCRIPTION This module will download the latest VenusEnvy comic strip from the Keenspace website and return a binary blob of the image, or write it to disk. EXPORTS The following functions can be exported with the ":all" export tag, or individually as is show in the above example. strip_url # Return todays strip URL my $url = strip_url(); # Return the strip URL for 19th August 2005 $url = strip_url("20050819"); Accepts an optional argument specifying the date of the comic strip in ISO format "YYYYMMDD". get_strip # Get todays comic strip image my $image_blob = get_strip(); Accepts an optional argument specifying the date of the comic strip in ISO format "YYYYMMDD". mirror_strip # Write todays comic strip to "mystrip.gif" on disk my $filename_written = mirror_strip("mystrip.gif"); Accepts two optional arguments. The first is the filename that the comic strip should be written to on disk. The second specifies the date of the comic strip in ISO format "YYYYMMDD". Returns the name of the file that was written to disk. VERSION $Id: VenusEnvy.pm,v 1.10 2006/01/28 13:17:40 nicolaw Exp $ AUTHOR Nicola Worthington COPYRIGHT Copyright 2005,2006 Nicola Worthington. This software is licensed under The Apache Software License, Version 2.0.