Name Data::CloudWeights - Calculate values for an HTML tag cloud Version Describes version v0.15.$Rev: 1 $ of Data::CloudWeights Synopsis use Data::CloudWeights; # Create a new cloud my $cloud = Data::CloudWeights->new( \%cfg ); # Add one or more tags to the cloud $cloud->add( $tag, $count, $value ); # Calculate the tag cloud values my $nimbus = $cloud->formation; Description Each tag added to the cloud has a unique name to identify it, a count which represents the size of the tag and a value that is associated with the tag. The reference returned by $cloud->formation() is a list of hash refs, one hash ref per tag. In addition to the input parameters each hash ref contains the scaled size, the percentage of total and a colour value in the range hot to cold. The cloud typically displays the tag name and count in the calculated colour with a font size set equal to the scaled value in the result Configuration and Environment Attributes defined by this class: cold_colour The six character hex colour for the smallest count in the cloud. Defaults to #0000FF (blue) colour_pallet An array ref of hex colour values. If the cold_colour attribute is set to null then the colour values from the pallet are used instead of calculating the colour value from the scaled count. Defaults to twelve values that give an even transition from blue to red decimal_places The number of decimal places returned in the size attribute. Defaults to 2. With the default values for high and low this lets you set the tags font size in ems. If set to 0 and the high/low values suitably changed tag font size can be set in pixies hot_colour The six character hex colour for the highest count in the cloud. Defaults to #FF0000 (red) limit Limits the size of the returned list. Defaults to zero, no limit max_count The largest count in the cloud max_size The upper boundary value to which the highest count in the cloud is scaled. Defaults to 3.0 (ems) min_count The smallest count in the cloud min_size The lower boundary value to which the smallest count in the cloud is scaled. Defaults to 1.0 (ems) sort_field Select the field to sort the output by. Values are; tag, count or value. If set to undef the output order will be the same as the order of the calls to add. If set to a code ref it will be called as a sort comparison subroutine and passed two tag references whose keys are values listed above sort_order Either asc for ascending or desc for descending sort order sort_type Either alpha to use the cmp operator or numeric to use the <=> operator in sorting comparisons total_count The total count of all tags in the cloud Subroutines/Methods new $cloud = Data::CloudWeights->new( [{] attr => value, ... [}] ) This is a class method, the constructor for Data::CloudWeights. Options are passed as either a list of keyword value pairs or a hash ref BUILD If the hot_colour or cold_colour attributes are undefined a discreet colour value will be selected from the 'pallet' instead of calculating it using Color::Spectrum add $cloud->add( $name, $count, $value ); Adds the tag name, count, and value triple to the cloud. The formation method returns a ref to an array of hash refs. Each hash ref contains one of these triples and the calculated attributes. The value argument is optional. Passing a count of zero will do nothing but returns the current cumulative total count for this tag name formation $cloud->formation(); Return a ref to an array of hash refs. The attributes of each hash ref are: colour Calculated or dereferenced via the pallet, this is the hex colour string for this tag count The supplied size for this tag. Multiple calls to the add method for the same tag cause these counts to accumulate percent The percentage of the total count that this tag represents size The count scaled to a value between max_size and min_size tag The supplied name for this tag value The supplied value for this tag. This is usually an URI but can be any scalar. If multiple calls to add the same tag were made this will be an array ref containing each of the passed values Diagnostics None Acknowledgements Originally WWW::CloudCreator This did not let me calculate font sizes in ems HTML::TagCloud::Sortable I lifted the sorting code from here Color::Spectrum I copied the colour value manipulation code from here after this distribution started failing tests on 5.18 Dependencies Moo Type::Tiny Incompatibilities There are no known incompatibilities in this module Bugs and Limitations There are no known bugs in this module. Please report problems to the address below. Patches are welcome Author Peter Flanigan, License and Copyright Copyright (c) 2015 Peter Flanigan. All rights reserved This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See perlartistic This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE