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MaxMind::DB::Metadata(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation MaxMind::DB::Metadata(3pm)

NAME

MaxMind::DB::Metadata - A class for metadata related to a MaxMind DB database

VERSION

version 0.040001

SYNOPSIS

    my $reader = MaxMind::DB::Reader->new( file => $path );
    my $metadata = $reader->metadata();
    print $metadata->description()->{en};

DESCRIPTION

This class provides an API for representing the metadata of a MaxMind DB database. See http://maxmind.github.io/MaxMind-DB/ for the official format spec.

API

This class provides methods for each metadata attribute in a database.

$metadata->binary_format_major_version()

Returns the binary format major version number.

$metadata->binary_format_minor_version()

Returns the binary format minor version number.

$metadata->build_epoch()

Returns the database's build timestamp as an epoch value.

$metadata->database_type()

Returns a string indicating the database's type.

$metadata->languages()

Returns an arrayref of locale codes indicating what languages this database has information for.

$metadata->description()

Returns a hashref of descriptions. The keys should be locale codes like "en" or "pt-BR" and the values are the description in that language.

$metadata->ip_version()

Returns a 4 or 6 indicating what type of IP addresses this database can be used to look up.

$metadata->node_count()

Returns the number of nodes in the database's search tree.

$metadata->record_size()

Returns the record size for nodes in the database's search tree.

AUTHORS

  • Dave Rolsky <drolsky@maxmind.com>
  • Olaf Alders <oalders@maxmind.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is Copyright (c) 2016 by MaxMind, Inc..

This is free software, licensed under:

  The Artistic License 2.0 (GPL Compatible)
2021-01-05 perl v5.32.0