NAME

Zenoss::Response - Handles responses from Zenoss::Router

SYNOPSIS

    use Zenoss;
    use Data::Dumper;
    
    # Create a Zenoss object
    my $api = Zenoss->connect(
        {
            username    => 'admin',
            password    => 'zenoss',
            url         => 'http://zenossinstance:8080',
        }
    );
    
    # Issue a request to get all devices from Zenoss
    my $response = $api->device_getDevices();
    
    # $response is now an instance of Zenoss::Response
    # now we can do things like
    print $response->json();
    print $response->http_code();
    
    # get the response in reference form
    my $reference = $response->decoded();
    print Dumper $reference;

DESCRIPTION

This module is NOT instantiated directly. When the Zenoss API issues a response to a request initiated by Zenoss::Router, a Zenoss::Response instance is created. To call methods from this module create an instance of Zenoss and issue a request to the Zenoss API.

Please review the SYNOPSIS for examples.

ATTRIBUTES

Attributes can be retrieved by calling $obj->attribute.

sent_tid

This attribute is set upon the creation of Zenoss::Response by Zenoss::Router. Each request issued to the Zenoss API is coded with a transaction ID (tid). This can be compared with the received_tid to ensure that the proper response was received for what was requested.

received_tid

This attribute is set by extracting the transaction ID (tid) from the response Zenoss sends. This can be compared with the sent_tid to ensure that the proper response was received for what was requested.

METHODS

$obj->json()

Returns the response, from the Zenoss API request, in JSON format.

$obj->decoded()

Returns the result response, from the Zenoss API request, in a PERL reference.

$obj->raw_response()

Returns a textual representation of the response.

$obj->http_code()

Returns a 3 digit number that encodes the overall outcome of a HTTP response.

For example 200, for OK.

$obj->http_code_description()

Returns a short human readable single line string that explains the response code.

For example, OK.

$obj->http_status()

Returns the string "<http_code> <http_code_description>". If the http_code_description attribute is not set then the official name of <code> (see HTTP::Status) is substituted.

$obj->is_success()

Returns true if the http response was successful. Note this does not mean the API request was successful or not.

See HTTP::Status for the meaning of these.

$obj->is_error()

Returns true if the http response had an error. Note this does not mean the API request was successful or not.

See HTTP::Status for the meaning of these.

$obj->error_as_HTML()

Returns a string containing a complete HTML document indicating what error occurred. This method should only be called when $obj->is_error is TRUE.

$obj->header()

This is used to get header values and it is inherited from HTTP::Headers via HTTP::Message.

$obj->request_time()

Calculates the "current age" of the response as specified by RFC 2616 section 13.2.3. The age of a response is the time since it was sent by the origin server. The returned value is a number representing the age in seconds.

$obj->received_tid()

Returns the transaction id (tid) that was returned by Zenoss.

$obj->sent_tid()

Returns the transaction id (tid) that was sent to Zenoss

AUTHOR

Patrick Baker <patricksbaker@gmail.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This module is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the Artistic License 2.0.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

You can obtain the Artistic License 2.0 by either viewing the LICENSE file provided with this distribution or by navigating to <http://opensource.org/licenses/artistic-license-2.0.php>.