FAQ

Where can I find the API?

The API is currently in beta status and can be found at http://api.metacpan.org. The documentation can be found here: Beta-API-docs.

How can I pimp my author page?

Upload a author.json file to your pause directory. It will be indexed hourly.

My author.json file is not indexed (properly)?

Please open an issue or contact us at #metacpan. We will have a look at it and fix it if possible.

Why can't i find my module?

We wrote the indexer, that crawl the CPAN from scratch and that wasn't an easy undertaking. From extracting the tarball to parsing each module many things can go wrong. Please file an issue and let us know which module you cannot find and we'll do our best to fix it.

What is happening to search.metacpan.org?

It's still going, but please use http://metacpan.org/ and the new api at api.metacpan.org instead.

Can I automatically redirect links to search.cpan.org to metacpan.org?

If you decide to use MetaCPAN instead of search.cpan.org you can do that by modifying your hosts file. Add the following lines and all links to search.cpan.org (and links to source code) will be redirect to MetaCPAN:

109.104.113.94 search.cpan.org
109.104.113.94 cpansearch.perl.org

If you do this, be sure to point cpanm to another mirror, as it defaults to search.cpan.org. Here's how:

export PERL_CPANM_OPT="--mirror http://www.cpan.no/" # Insert your closest mirror here.