# SYNOPSIS
Checks packages statuses at MetaCPAN. A list of packages is taken from 02packages file.
# Travis status
[](https://travis-ci.org/melezhik/metacpan-api-packages-status)
# INSTALL
$ s6 --install metacpan-api-packages-status
# USAGE
$ s6 --plg-run metacpan-api-packages-status
# DEBUGGING
If you are plugin developer it's probably better download 02packages file and the feed it to the plugin:
$ curl http://www.cpan.org/modules/02packages.details.txt -o /tmp/02packages.details.txt
$ cat /tmp/02packages.details.txt | s6 --plg-run metacpan-api-packages-status@lines=20
# Parameters
## lines
Process no more $lines of 02packages file. Useful when debugging. By default $lines is unset.
## cpan_mirror
A CPAN mirror URL to download 02packages file. Default value is `http://www.cpan.org/modules`
## sleep
Sleep $sleep seconds before initiating next request to MetaCPAN API. Default value is `1`.
For example:
$ s6 --plg-run metacpan-api-packages-status@sleep=5
# Author
Alexey Melezhik
# See also
[MetaCPAN API Docs](https://github.com/metacpan/metacpan-api/blob/master/docs/API-docs.md)