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Wrote a eBayAPI perl module, how to release it to CPAN?
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| Ignoramus23186 2005-08-29, 6:59 pm |
| I am looking for helpful (as opposed to unhelpful) replies.
I wrote a simple eBayAPI perl module XML::eBayAPI. It allows sending
programmatic queries to eBay using XML based eBay API.
Its use is as follows:
my $ebay = new XML::eBayAPI( {
site_level => 'prod',
DeveloperKey => '...',
ApplicationKey => '...',
CertificateKey => '...',
Token => '...',
} );
$ebay->submitRequest( "AddItem",
{
DetailLevel => "0",
ErrorLevel => "1",
SiteId = > "0",
Verb => " AddItem",
Category => "14111",
CheckoutDetailsSpecified => "0",
Country => "us",
Currency => "1",
Description => "For sale is like new <A HREF=http://www.example.com/jhds/>thingamabob</A>.Shipping is responsibility of the buyer.",
Duration => "7",
Location => "Anytown, USA, 43215",
Gallery => 1,
GalleryURL => 'http://igor.chudov.com/images/mark_mattson.jpg',
MinimumBid => "0.99",
BuyItNowPrice => 19.99,
PayPalAccepted => "1",
PayPalEmailAddress => "ichudov\@example.com",
Quantity => "1",
Region => "60",
Title => "Igor's Item with Gallery xaxa",
}
);
that would add an item for sale on ebay.
My question is, how do I make a nice CPAN distribution out of that
module, so that it installs with MakeMaker, or whatever. There is a
nice Python system called pyeBay, but not much for perl, that I could
have found. So, I wanted to release something simple and easy.
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| John Bokma 2005-08-29, 6:59 pm |
| Ignoramus23186 <ignoramus23186@NOSPAM.23186.invalid> wrote:
> I am looking for helpful (as opposed to unhelpful) replies.
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> I wrote a simple eBayAPI perl module XML::eBayAPI. It allows sending
> programmatic queries to eBay using XML based eBay API.
I think that XML::eBayAPI is not the best name.
There is something similar for Google, and it's called Net::Google. There
is also a Net::Amazon.
I don't want to discuss if the Net name is a good one, only that I would
expect an Net::eBay, not an XML::eBayAPI. That is uses XML doesn't matter,
a module should be an abstraction. Also, that it's an API is clear :-)
Just my 2 pesos :-)
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| Ignoramus23186 2005-08-29, 6:59 pm |
| On 29 Aug 2005 21:22:01 GMT, John Bokma <john@castleamber.com> wrote:
> Ignoramus23186 <ignoramus23186@NOSPAM.23186.invalid> wrote:
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> I think that XML::eBayAPI is not the best name.
I am completely open to different suggestions. eBayAPI is the name of
the API, and XMLis there because it is XML based. I am not "married"
to any particular name.
> There is something similar for Google, and it's called Net::Google. There
> is also a Net::Amazon.
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> I don't want to discuss if the Net name is a good one, only that I would
> expect an Net::eBay, not an XML::eBayAPI. That is uses XML doesn't matter,
> a module should be an abstraction. Also, that it's an API is clear :-)
Okay, so, let's say I will call it Net::eBay. Fine with me.
How do I make it into a nice CPAN distro?
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| J. Gleixner 2005-08-29, 6:59 pm |
| Ignoramus23186 wrote:
> Okay, so, let's say I will call it Net::eBay. Fine with me.
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> How do I make it into a nice CPAN distro?
Start with the FAQ, on CPAN.
http://cpan.org/misc/cpan-faq.html
ExtUtils::MakeMaker is your friend. :-)
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| John Bokma 2005-08-29, 9:56 pm |
| Ignoramus23186 <ignoramus23186@NOSPAM.23186.invalid> wrote:
> On 29 Aug 2005 21:22:01 GMT, John Bokma <john@castleamber.com> wrote:
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> Okay, so, let's say I will call it Net::eBay. Fine with me.
I see now and then module naming questions pop up in
comp.lang.perl.modules, so maybe it's a good place to ask there.
> How do I make it into a nice CPAN distro?
<http://cpan.org/misc/cpan-faq.html#...tribute_modules>
I seem to remember that h2xs has an option to make a directory structure
and the necessary initial files which is often used to make CPAN distros.
(I.e. the README, INSTALL, etc. Note that you have to edit several of those
files)
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| Ignoramus23186 2005-08-29, 9:56 pm |
| On 30 Aug 2005 01:32:32 GMT, John Bokma <john@castleamber.com> wrote:
> Ignoramus23186 <ignoramus23186@NOSPAM.23186.invalid> wrote:
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> I see now and then module naming questions pop up in
> comp.lang.perl.modules, so maybe it's a good place to ask there.
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><http://cpan.org/misc/cpan-faq.html#...tribute_modules>
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> I seem to remember that h2xs has an option to make a directory structure
> and the necessary initial files which is often used to make CPAN distros.
> (I.e. the README, INSTALL, etc. Note that you have to edit several of those
> files)
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What I recall is that there is a super nice system for making
Makefile.PL and whatnot, make test etc. Unfortunately, I forgot the
name of that system.
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| Jim Gibson 2005-08-29, 9:56 pm |
| In article <41PQe.110808$f24.52815@fe18.usenetserver.com>,
Ignoramus23186 <ignoramus23186@NOSPAM.23186.invalid> wrote:
> On 30 Aug 2005 01:32:32 GMT, John Bokma <john@castleamber.com> wrote:
[snip]
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> What I recall is that there is a super nice system for making
> Makefile.PL and whatnot, make test etc. Unfortunately, I forgot the
> name of that system.
See 'perldoc perlnewmod' and 'perldoc module-starter' for information
on the module-starter utility.
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| Ignoramus23186 2005-08-30, 3:56 am |
| Thanks, I just created a distro and submitted it to cpan.
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On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 19:24:40 -0700, Jim Gibson <jgibson@mail.arc.nasa.gov> wrote:
> In article <41PQe.110808$f24.52815@fe18.usenetserver.com>,
> Ignoramus23186 <ignoramus23186@NOSPAM.23186.invalid> wrote:
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> See 'perldoc perlnewmod' and 'perldoc module-starter' for information
> on the module-starter utility.
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| Anno Siegel 2005-08-30, 7:56 am |
| Ignoramus23186 <ignoramus23186@NOSPAM.23186.invalid> wrote in comp.lang.perl.misc:
> I am looking for helpful (as opposed to unhelpful) replies.
Thanks for telling us.
Anno
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| Sherm Pendley 2005-08-30, 7:56 am |
| Ignoramus23186 <ignoramus23186@NOSPAM.23186.invalid> writes:
> I am looking for helpful (as opposed to unhelpful) replies.
I would have been happy to help, but not after being insulted.
Sorry.
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| Tad McClellan 2005-08-30, 6:58 pm |
| John Bokma <john@castleamber.com> wrote:
> Ignoramus23186 <ignoramus23186@NOSPAM.23186.invalid> wrote:
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> h2xs? And yeah, it's easy to forget :-)
But the Perl FAQ isn't. :-) :-)
perldoc -q 'create a module'
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| Peter Scott 2005-08-30, 6:58 pm |
| On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 20:57:24 +0000, Ignoramus23186 wrote:
> My question is, how do I make a nice CPAN distribution out of that
> module, so that it installs with MakeMaker, or whatever.
Sam Tregar wrote a good book on this topic, and IMHO it is
underappreciated, so I am glad for the opportunity to plug it:
Writing Perl Modules for CPAN
Sam Tregar
APress
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| Ignoramus8644 2005-08-30, 6:58 pm |
| I will check it out. I already uploaded my module and will son do
another upload.
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On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 13:36:56 GMT, Peter Scott <Peter@PSDT.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 20:57:24 +0000, Ignoramus23186 wrote:
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> Sam Tregar wrote a good book on this topic, and IMHO it is
> underappreciated, so I am glad for the opportunity to plug it:
>
> Writing Perl Modules for CPAN
> Sam Tregar
> APress
>
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