---
name: "CPAN::Common::Index::MetaDB"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libcpan-common-index-perl"
version: "0.010-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/CPAN::Common::Index::MetaDB"
---

# CPAN::Common::Index::MetaDB(3pm)

Search index via CPAN MetaDB

## NAME

CPAN::Common::Index::MetaDB - Search index via CPAN MetaDB

## VERSION

version 0.010

## SYNOPSIS

```
  use CPAN::Common::Index::MetaDB;
  $index = CPAN::Common::Index::MetaDB->new;
```

## DESCRIPTION

This module implements a CPAN::Common::Index that searches for packages against the same CPAN MetaDB API used by cpanminus.

There is no support for advanced package queries or searching authors.  It just takes a package name and returns the corresponding version and distribution.

## ATTRIBUTES

### uri

A URI for the endpoint of a CPAN MetaDB server. The default is \<http://cpanmetadb.plackperl.org/v1.0/\>.

## AUTHOR

David Golden \<dagolden@cpan.org\>

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is Copyright (c) 2013 by David Golden.

This is free software, licensed under:

```
  The Apache License, Version 2.0, January 2004
```