Dist::Zilla::Plugin::Twitter(3)

NAME
Dist::Zilla::Plugin::Twitter - Twitter when you release with Dist::Zilla

VERSION
version 0.026

SYNOPSIS
In your dist.ini:

    [Twitter]
    hash_tags = #foo
    url_shortener = TinyURL

DESCRIPTION
This plugin will use Net::Twitter to send a release notice to Twitter. By default, it will include a link to release on <http://metacpan.org>.

The default configuration is as follows:

    [Twitter]
    tweet_url = https://metacpan.org/release/{{$AUTHOR_UC}}/{{$DIST}}-{{$VERSION}}/
    tweet = Released {{$DIST}}-{{$VERSION}}{{$TRIAL}} {{$URL}} !META{resources}{repository}{web}
    url_shortener = TinyURL

The "tweet_url" is shortened with WWW::Shorten::TinyURL or whichever other service you choose (use 'none' to use the full URL, in which case Twitter will shorten it for you) and appended to the "tweet" message.

  VARIABLE INTERPOLATION
The following variables are available for substitution in the URL and message templates:

      DIST        # Foo-Bar
      MODULE      # Foo::Bar
      ABSTRACT    # Foo-Bar is a module that FooBars
      VERSION     # 1.23
      TRIAL       # -TRIAL if is_trial, empty string otherwise.
      TARBALL     # Foo-Bar-1.23.tar.gz
      AUTHOR_UC   # JOHNDOE
      AUTHOR_LC   # johndoe
      AUTHOR_PATH # J/JO/JOHNDOE
      URL         # http://tinyurl.com/...

DISTMETA INTERPOLATION

Resources information available in the META.* files of the distribution can be accessed via "<META{key}{subkey}[1]">. You may mix-and-match "{...}" to access hashref elements and "[\d]" to access arrayref elements. You're responsible for making sure you are accessing the right part of the META data structure, and treating it as the right type of data. See CPAN::Meta::Spec and the "$TYPE DATA" sections of CPAN::Meta in particular.

The "META{...}" replacement may also have one of two modifiers, which are prefixed directly before "META":

"!" - URL shortening
    Providing an exclamation point ("!META{...}") will URL-shorten the value you extract from the distmeta data structure. This will have no effect unless the value is a URL to begin with.

"@" - Arrayref stringification
    Providing an at-symbol (@META{...}) will include all the elements of the arrayref you specify by joining them with $". So, this is just like doing "@{ $your_array_ref }".

So, for example, to use the GitHub home of the project instead of its metacpan page, one can do:

    [Twitter]
    tweet = Released {{$DIST}}-{{$VERSION}}{{$TRIAL}} !META{resource}{repository}{web}
    url_shortener = TinyURL

Or, to include the authors in your tweet:

    [Twitter]
    tweet = @META{author} released {{$MODULE}} {{$VERSION}}: {{$URL}}

  PAUSEID
You must be using the "UploadToCPAN" or "FakeRelease" plugin for this plugin to determine your PAUSEID.

  HASHTAGS
You can use the "hash_tags" option to append hash tags (or anything, really) to the end of the message generated from "tweet".

    [Twitter]
    hash_tags = #perl #cpan #foo

AVAILABILITY
The latest version of this module is available from the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN). Visit <http://www.perl.com/CPAN/> to find a CPAN site near you, or see <https://metacpan.org/module/Dist::Zilla::Plugin::Twitter/>.

SOURCE
The development version is on github at <http://github.com/dagolden/dist-zilla-plugin-twitter> and may be cloned from <git://github.com/dagolden/dist-zilla-plugin-twitter.git>

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
You can make new bug reports, and view existing ones, through the web interface at <https://github.com/dagolden/dist-zilla-plugin-twitter/issues>.

AUTHORS

•   David Golden <dagolden@cpan.org>

•   Mike Doherty <doherty@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is Copyright (c) 2014 by David Golden.

This is free software, licensed under:

  The Apache License, Version 2.0, January 2004