---
name: "WWW::Finger::BitworkingFingerProtocol"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libwww-finger-perl"
version: "0.105-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/WWW::Finger::BitworkingFingerProtocol"
---

# WWW::Finger::BitworkingFingerProtocol(3pm)

WWW::Finger module for Joe Gregorio's finger protocol

## NAME

WWW::Finger::BitworkingFingerProtocol - WWW::Finger module for Joe Gregorio's finger protocol

## SYNOPSIS

```
  use WWW::Finger;
  my $finger = WWW::Finger->new("joe@example.com");
  if (defined $finger)
  {
    print $finger->openid . "\n";
  }
```

## DESCRIPTION

This module implements an alternative finger proposal by Joe Gregorio.

Additional methods (other than standard WWW::Finger):

- •

  `"openid"` - returns the person's OpenID.

- •

  `"dictionary"` - returns a hashref of key-value pairs from their profile

## SEE ALSO

WWW::Finger.

\<http://bitworking.org/news/2010/01/webfinger\>.

## AUTHOR

Toby Inkster, \<tobyink@cpan.org\>

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

Copyright (C) 2010-2012 by Toby Inkster

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

## DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.