README
1NAME
2 Image::Grab - Perl module to easily grab images from the 'net.
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4Behavior Changes:
5 Since 1.1, I've made Image::Grab look for background images. This could
6 cause you problems if the background images match your regexps or if you use
7 indexes.
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9 Since 0.9.5, I've added the search_url method in lieu of overloading regexp.
10 This means that you'll have to check your scripts.
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12 Since 0.9.3, I've added the do_posix method and changed the behavior so that
13 POSIX date substitution is only done if do_posix is set. This is because
14 strftime appears to garble the 128th character and on in long string
15 substitutions. I've seen this in Digital Unix, Linux and Solaris.
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17Installation:
18 You must have the following modules already installed:
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20 Digest::MD5 2.07
21 HTML::Parser 2.20
22 HTML::Tree 0.51
23 MIME::Base64 2.11
24 URI 1.02
25 libnet 1.0606
26 libwww-perl 5.43
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28 (Earlier versions of some packages may work, but I haven't tested them.)
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30 $ perl Makefile.PL
31 $ make test
32 $ make install
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34 And that should do it. Let me know of any problems (<mah@everybody.org>)
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36Testing:
37 Unless you have cookies for www.chron.com, the cookies.t test will be
38 skipped. The tests rely on cookies being set in your ~/.netscape/cookies
39 file. You could set these yourself by visiting the Huston Chronicle website
40 (http://www.chron/content/comics) and getting an account. If you don't do
41 this, these tests won't even run.
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43 If you are testing this from behind a firewall, be sure that your proxy
44 environment variables are set correctly (e.g.
45 http_proxy=http://wwwproxy:80/).
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47Response:
48 If you care to, let me know how you are using this module. It's nice to know
49 what different people are using this for.
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