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Metadata::HTTP

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Updated: perl v5.6.0
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NAME

Metadata::HTTP - metadata class for HTTP log records

SYNOPSIS

  use Metadata::HTTP  ...  $i=new Metadata::HTTP;  open(IN, $logfile);  while($i->read('IN')) {    print $i->get('agent'),"\n";  }  ...

DESCRIPTION

The Metadata::HTTP class allows the handling of HTTP log records asmetadata objects using the the Metadata::Base manpage class.

The following fields are set after using the read method:

  host ident authuser  date day month year time hour min sec  timezone (in format +/-NNNN)  status bytes  request - 'GET /foo' etc

Optionally set:
  referer (if supported by log)
  agent (if supported by log)
  http-version (if present)
  command - GET, POST, etc.
  path    - operand to command

CONSTRUCTOR

new [OPTIONS]

An optional hash of options can be given to the constructor to setvarious options. There is only one Metadata::HTTPoptions defined:

DEBUG: This class has a separate debug class / object method that worksin the same fashion as the Metadata::Base method debug.Setting it here also sets the debugging on the base Metadata::Baseobject too.

METHODS

The methods here describe the differences from the the Metadata::Base manpage classmethods.

read HANDLE

Reads a single line from the file descriptor and uses it to fill thefields of the HTTP metadata object.

format [URL]

Returns the original HTTP line used in the parsing.

AUTHOR

By Dave Beckett <D.J.BeckettAATTukc.ac.uk>.

COPYRIGHT

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

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