NAME
    Net::AIML - Perl interface to the Pandorabots.com AIML server

VERSION
    This document describes Net::AIML version 0.0.1

SYNOPSIS
        #!/usr/bin/perl
        package Alice;
        use Net::AIML;
        use IO::Prompt;

        my $bot = Net::AIML->new( botid => be50f516be367d9d ); # Alice
        while (prompt "You: ") {
            print "Alice: ".$bot->tell($_)."\n";
        }  

DESCRIPTION
    Pandorabots.com provides an XMLRPC interface to their AIML server. This
    module wraps that interface into an easy Perl OO interface.

INTERFACE
    Net::AIML exports exactly two methods.

    ` new '
        The only important parameter currently being c< botid > which
        identifies the bot you wish to use on Pandorabots.com. You can get
        this botid from Pandorabots.

    ` tell '
        Given a line of text, tell returns the line returned by pandorabots.

CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT
    Net::AIML uses LWP internally. Any environment variables that LWP
    supports should be supported by Net::AIML. I hope.

DEPENDENCIES
    HTTP::Request::Common
    LWP::Simple
    LWP::UserAgent
    XML::Smart
INCOMPATIBILITIES
    None reported.

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
    No bugs have been reported.

    Please report any bugs or feature requests to
    `bug-net-aiml@rt.cpan.org', or through the web interface at
    http://rt.cpan.org.

AUTHOR
    Chris Prather `<cpan@prather.org>'

LICENCE AND COPYRIGHT
    Copyright (c) 2006, Chris Prather `<cpan@prather.org>'. All rights
    reserved.

    This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
    under the same terms as Perl itself. See perlartistic.

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