uri::data(3)
NAME
URI::data - URI that contain immediate data
SYNOPSIS
use URI;
$u = URI->new("data:");
$u->media_type("image/gif");
$u->data(scalar(`cat camel.gif`));
print "$u0;
open(XV, "|xv -") and print XV $u->data;
DESCRIPTION
- The "URI::data" class supports "URI" objects belonging to
the data URI scheme. The data URI scheme is specified in RFC 2397. It allows inclusion of small data items as
"immediate" data, as if it had been included externally.
Examples: - data:,Perl%20is%20good
- data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODdhIAAgAIAAAAAAAPj8+CwAAAAAI
AAgAAAClYyPqcu9AJyCjtIKc5w5xP14xgeO2tlY3nWcajmZZdeJcG
Kxrmimms1KMTa1Wg8UROx4MNUq1HrycMjHT9b6xKxaFLM6VRKzI+p
KS9XtXpcbdun6uWVxJXA8pNPkdkkxhxc21LZHFOgD2KMoQXa2KMWI
JtnE2KizVUkYJVZZ1nczBxXlFopZBtoJ2diXGdNUymmJdFMAADs= - "URI" objects belonging to the data scheme support the
common methods (described in URI) and the following two
scheme specific methods: - $uri->media_type( [$new_media_type] )
This method can be used to get or set the media type
specified in the URI. If no media type is specified,
then the default "text/plain;charset=US-ASCII" is
returned. - $uri->data( [$new_data] )
This method can be used to get or set the data con
tained in the URI. The data is passed unescaped (in
binary form). The decision about whether to base64
encode the data in the URI is taken automatically
based on what encoding produces the shortest URI
string.
SEE ALSO
URI
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 1995-1998 Gisle Aas.
- This library is free software; you can redistribute it
and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.