BZ::Client(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation BZ::Client(3)NAMEBZ::Client - A client for the Bugzilla web services API.
SYNOPSIS
my $client = BZ::Client->new("url" => $url,
"user" => $user,
"password" => $password);
$client->login();
CLASS METHODS
This section lists the class methods of BZ::Client.
new
my $client = BZ::Client->new("url" => $url,
"user" => $user,
"password" => $password);
The new method constructs a new instance of BZ::Client. Whenever you
want to connect to the Bugzilla server, you must first create a
Bugzilla client. The methods input is a hash of parameters.
url The Bugzilla servers URL, for example
"https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/".
user
The user name to use when logging in to the Bugzilla server.
Typically, this will be your email address.
password
The password to use when logging in to the Bugzilla server.
INSTANCE METHODS
This section lists the methods, which an instance of BZ::Client can
perform.
url
my $url = $client->url();
$client->url($url);
Returns or sets the Bugzilla servers URL.
user
my $user = $client->user();
$client->user($user);
Returns or sets the user name to use when logging in to the Bugzilla
server. Typically, this will be your email address.
password
my $password = $client->password();
$client->password($password);
Returns or sets the password to use when logging in to the Bugzilla
server.
login
Used to login to the Bugzilla server. There is no need to call this
method explicitly: It is done automatically, whenever required.
api_call
my $response = $client->api_call($methodName, $params);
Used by subclasses of BZ::Client::API to invoke methods of the Bugzilla
API. Takes a method name and a hash ref of parameters as input. Returns
a hash ref of named result objects.
SEE ALSO
L<BZ::Client::Exception>
perl v5.14.1 2010-02-03 BZ::Client(3)
