Web-API-1.7

Security Advisories (1)

CVE-2024-57868 (2025-04-05)

Web::API 2.8 and earlier for Perl uses the rand() function as the default source of entropy, which is not cryptographically secure, for cryptographic functions. Specifically Web::API uses the Data::Random library which specifically states that it is "Useful mostly for test programs". Data::Random uses the rand() function.

Changes for version 1.7

Change: 3cc13e96bae961164439848e0f104f6f3aa1a27b Author: Tobias Kirschstein <lev@ideegeo.com> Date : 2014-03-06 18:48:04 +0000
- use extension to set incoming content-type for convenience and decode response based on content-type header with fallback to configured incoming content-type

Modules

Web::API

Web::API - A Simple base module to implement almost every RESTful API with just a few lines of configuration

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To install Web::API, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.

cpanm

cpanm Web::API

CPAN shell

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Web::API

For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.

	Global
`s`	Focus search bar
`?`	Bring up this help dialog

	GitHub
`g` `p`	Go to pull requests
`g` `i`	go to github issues (only if github is preferred repository)

	POD
`g` `a`	Go to author
`g` `c`	Go to changes
`g` `i`	Go to issues
`g` `d`	Go to dist
`g` `r`	Go to repository/SCM
`g` `s`	Go to source
`g` `b`	Go to file browse

	Search terms
module: (e.g. module:Plugin)
distribution: (e.g. distribution:Dancer auth)
author: (e.g. author:SONGMU Redis)
version: (e.g. version:1.00)

Changes for version 1.7

Modules

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