The Perl API supports programs written in previous versions of
Build Forge.
Attention: The Perl API is deprecated. Support for
it will be discontinued in the future. You should migrate existing programs
to use the Perl Client for the Services Layer.
To use the Perl API, you must:
- Get the client API package from your Management Console machine
- Install the package (along with Perl if it is not already installed)
Note: A Build Forge user must be defined on the Management Console for
programs to use to authenticate.
You can use the Perl API to create
Perl programs that run on a client machine and access data on the Management
Console. The Perl API is a set of Perl modules which provide access to Management
Console data objects and methods.
Documentation for Perl Client modules is included inside the client API
package in two forms:
- A file, apidoc.txt
- Perl POD documentation. For more information, see the online documentation
at http://www.perl.org.