---
name: "Pinto::Role::FileFetcher"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "pinto"
version: "0.97+dfsg-5"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Pinto::Role::FileFetcher"
---

# Pinto::Role::FileFetcher(3pm)

Something that fetches remote files

## NAME

Pinto::Role::FileFetcher - Something that fetches remote files

## VERSION

version 0.097

## METHODS

### fetch(from =\> 'http://someplace' to =\> 'some/path')

Fetches the file located at `"from"` to the file located at `"to"`, if the file at `"from"` is newer than the file at `"to"`.  If the intervening directories do not exist, they will be created for you. Returns a true value if the file has changed, returns false if it has not changed.  Throws and exception if anything goes wrong.

The `"from"` argument can be either a URI or Path::Class::File object, or a string that represents either of those.  The `"to"` attribute can be a Path::Class::File object or a string that represents one.

### fetch\_temporary(url =\> 'http://someplace')

Fetches the file located at the `"url"` to a file in a temporary directory.  The file will have the same basename as the `"url"`. Returns a Path::Class::File that points to the new file.  Throws and exception if anything goes wrong.  Note the temporary directory and all its contents will be deleted when the process terminates.

## AUTHOR

Jeffrey Ryan Thalhammer \<jeff@stratopan.com\>

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2013 by Jeffrey Ryan Thalhammer.

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