Fetch APOD

Setup

1. Copy fetch_apod_configuration.pm.dist to fetch_apod_configuration.pm.

2. Mark fetch_apod.pl as executable (chmod +x fetch_apod.pl).

Usage

./fetch_apod.pl [URL]

Use URL to define an alternate site to load the image. Default is http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html (Image of today).

Fetches the APOD (Astronomy Picture of the day) to the folder defined via $safepath in the configuration.

Requires the LWP-lib (Library for WWW in Perl).

Exit States

0 - Image successfully fetched

1 - Website of APOD could not be fetched

2 - The content recieved could not be parsed

3 - Image could not be fetched

License

Fetch APOD fetches Astronomy Pictures of the day.

Copyright (C) 2013 Simon Plasger

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

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. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

See COPYING for details.