---
name: "WWW::Topica::Index"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libwww-topica-perl"
version: "0.6-5"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/WWW::Topica::Index"
---

# WWW::Topica::Index(3pm)

parse a single Topic mailing list index

## NAME

WWW::Topica::Index - parse a single Topic mailing list index

## SYNOPSIS

```
    my $index = WWW::Topic::Index->new($index_html);

    foreach my $mess_id ($index->message_ids) {
        # the mail has some information and also provides a link to the reply ...
        my $mail  = WWW::Topica::Mail->new($topica->fetch_mail($mess_id), $mess_id);
        # which has other information (like the un-htmled mail and the email address) ...
        my $reply = WWW::Topica::Reply->new($topica->fetch_reply($mail->id, $mail->eto), $mail->id, $mail->eto);
    }

    print "Next offset is ".$index->next."\n";
    print "Previous offset is ".$index->prev."\n";
```

## DESCRIPTION

Used to parse a single index page from Topica.com's mailing list indexes.

## METHODS

### new \<page html\>

### parse \<html\>

Parse the html to get message ids and next & prev offsets.

### message\_ids

Return all the messge ids found on the page

### prev

Return the offset of the previous page or undef if there is none.

### next

Return the offset of the next page or undef if there is none.

## AUTHOR

Simon Wistow \<simon@thegestalt.org\>

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2004, Simon Wistow