NAME Text::Karma - Process (and optionally store) karma points SYNOPSIS use 5.010; use strict; use warnings; use Text::Karma; use DBI; my $dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:SQLite:dbname=karma.sqlite","",""); my $karma = Text::Karma(dbh => $dbh); $karma->process_karma( nick => 'someone', who => 'someone!from@somewhere', where => '#in_here', str => "this thing++ is awesome # some cool comment", ); say "Karma for thing: ".$karma->get_karma("thing"); METHODS "new" Constructs and returns a Text::Karma object. Takes the following arguments: 'dbh', an optional database handle. 'table_prefix', a prefix to use for the table that will be created if you supplied a database handle. "process_karma" Processes karma from a string, and returns the results. They will also be stored in the database if you supplied a database handle to "new". Takes the following arguments: 'nick', the nickname of the person who wrote the text. Required. 'who', the full name of the person who wrote the text. Required. 'where', the place where the person wrote the text. Required. 'str', the text that the person wrote. Required. 'self_karma', whether to allow people to affect their own karma. Optional. Defaults to false. "get_karma" This method returns the karma for a given subject from the database. Takes one argument, a subject to look up. If the subject is unknown, nothing is returns. Otherwise, you'll get a hashref with the following keys: 'up', number of karma upvotes for the subject. 'down', number of karma downvotes for the subject. 'score', the karma score for the subject ('up' minus 'down'). AUTHOR Hinrik Örn Sigurðsson Apocalypse CONTACT Email You can email the authors of this module at or "hinrik.sig@gmail.com" asking for help with any problems you have. Internet Relay Chat You can get live help by using IRC (Internet Relay Chat). If you don't know what IRC is, please read this excellent guide: . Please be courteous and patient when talking to us, as we might be busy or sleeping! You can join the following networks/channels and get help: * MAGnet You can connect to the server at 'irc.perl.org', join the "#perl-help" channel, and talk to ""Apocalypse> or "Hinrik" * FreeNode You can connect to the server at 'irc.freenode.net', join the "#perl" channel, and talk to ""Apocal> or "literal" * EFnet You can connect to the server at 'irc.efnet.org', join the "#perl" channel, and talk to ""Ap0cal> or "Hinrik" LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT Copyright 2011 Hinrik Örn Sigurðsson and Apocalypse This program is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.