init_cli_client¶

Takes PARAMHASH containing possible parameters "distro", "sitedir", and "debug_mode". Initializes CLI client and returns a status object.

The "distro" string should use hyphens instead of double-colons, i.e. "Foo-Bar" instead of "Foo::Bar".

normalize_filespec¶

Given a filename (path) which might be relative or absolute, return an absolute version. If the path was relative, it will be anchored to the home directory of the user we are running as.

init_ua¶

Initialize the LWP::UserAgent singleton object.

cookie_jar¶

Return the cookie_jar associated with our user agent.

send_req¶

Send a request to the server, get the response, convert it from JSON, and return it to caller. Die on unexpected errors.