NAME
    StartCom::API - a connector for StartAPI

VERSION
    0.1

SYNOPSIS
     use StartCom::API;
     $api = new StartCom::API;
     $api->tokenID($mytokenID);
     $api->client_cert($pathtoclientcert);
     $api->client_key($pathtoclientkey);
     $rc = $api->retrieve($myOrderID);
     $rc = $api->apply(...);
     $rc = $api->success;
     $msg = $api->errormsg;
     $cert = $api->certificate;
     $intermed = $api->intermediate;
     $myOrderID = $api->orderID;
     $myOrderNum = $api->orderNo;

DESCRIPTION
    This module allows to connect to the api of StartCom in order to generate
    or retrieve certificates.

    Please see also the StartAPI documentation
    <https://startssl.com/StartAPI/Docs>.

METHODS
    $api = new StartCom::API
        The constructor. Returns a "StartCom::API" object.

    $api->tokenID($key)
        Sets or gets the API key.

    $api->client_cert($pathtoclientcert)
        Sets or gets the path to the client certificate file (PEM).

    $api->client_key($pathtoclientkey)
        Sets or gets the path to the client key file.

    $api->retrieve($orderID)
        Retrieves the certificate corresponding to the "orderID" and stores it
        in this object.

        Returns 1 on success, 0 or undef on failure.

    $api->apply({'certType' => '...', 'CSR' => '...', ...})
        Applies for a new certificate and, if successful, stores it in this
        object.

        See StartAPI documentation
        <https://startssl.com/StartAPI/Docs#ApplyCertificate> for parameters.

        Returns 1 on success, 0 or undef on failure.

    $api->success
        Checks whether or not the last call was successful.

    $api->errormsg
        Returns the error message if the last call was unsuccessful.

    $api->certificate
        If the last call was successful and the certificate was issued, this
        method returns the certificate.

    $api->intermediate
        If the last call was successful and the certificate was issued, this
        method returns the intermediate certificate.

    $api->orderID
        If the last call was successful and the certificate was issued, this
        method returns the certificate order ID which can be used in
        conjunction with "$api-"retrieve>.

    $api->orderNo
        If the last call was successful and the certificate was issued, this
        method returns the certificate ordering number which is shown in
        StartCom's web interface.

    $api->testmode
        When set to 0, which is the default, the api calls
        <https://api.startssl.com>, else <https://apitest.startssl.com>.

DEPENDENCIES
    *       LWP::UserAgent

    *       IO::Socket::SSL

    *       JSON

    *       MIME::Base64

AUTHOR
    Philippe Kueck <projects at unixadm dot org>