---
name: "MetaCPAN::Client::Distribution"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libmetacpan-client-perl"
version: "2.033000-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/MetaCPAN::Client::Distribution"
---

# MetaCPAN::Client::Distribution(3pm)

A Distribution data object

## NAME

MetaCPAN::Client::Distribution - A Distribution data object

## VERSION

version 2.033000

## SYNOPSIS

```
    my $dist = $mcpan->distribution('MetaCPAN-Client');
```

## DESCRIPTION

A MetaCPAN distribution entity object.

## ATTRIBUTES

### name

The distribution's name.

### bugs

A hashref containing information about bugs reported in various issue trackers. The top-level keys are issue tracker names like `"rt"` or `"github"`. Each value is itself a hashref containing information about the bugs in that tracker. The keys vary between trackers, but this will always contain a `"source"` key, which is a URL for the tracker. There may also be keys containing counts such as `"active"`, `"closed"`, etc.

### river

A hashref containing "CPAN River" \<http://neilb.org/2015/04/20/river-of-cpan.html\> information about the distro. The hashref contains the following keys:

- •

  bucket

  A positive or zero integer. The higher the number the farther upstream this distribution is.

- •

  immediate

  The number of distributions that directly depend on this one.

- •

  total

  The number of distributions that depend on this one, directly or indirectly.

## METHODS

### rt

Returns the hashref of data for the rt bug tracker. This defaults to an empty hashref.

### github

Returns the hashref of data for the github bug tracker. This defaults to an empty hashref.

### metacpan\_url

Returns a link to the distribution page on MetaCPAN.

## AUTHORS

- •

  Sawyer X \<xsawyerx@cpan.org\>

- •

  Mickey Nasriachi \<mickey@cpan.org\>

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2016 by Sawyer X.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.