perl5 interface to NetBox API module released

[kornix]

Hi ALL

For some reasons I mosty use ol' good perl5 for scripting and automation, so I needed a module to simplify NetBox operations. Since there was no such module found, I've written my own. Now it is stable enough that I am not ashamed of it.

This module features:

• dual-mode - REST and GraphQL (a bit limited) API implemented;
• full REST API implementation (object(-s) creation, retrievement, update, replacement and deletion);
• limited GraphQL API implementation (object(-s) retrievement only);
• single object query generation in GraphQL mode (a bit useless, but simple to implement);
• GraphQL raw mode allowing to pass to NetBox any possible query.

The module can be found at:

• GitHub;
• MetaCPAN

Binary package is available at GitHub for RHEL10 compatible distros. SRPM for older RHEL-like distros is available as well.

P.S. I promise I will not cry if this tiny project will be pinned at NetBox Community repositories list :)

[pheus]

Thanks for publishing this! Awesome to see a Perl client for NetBox! 🙌

Quick note on licensing: the repo uses “same terms as Perl,” which is familiar to Perl folks but isn’t machine‑detectable for most license scanners. That can make reuse/packaging harder. A few easy improvements:

• Name the licenses explicitly: e.g., the Perl dual license → GPL‑1.0‑or‑later OR Artistic‑1.0 (often written as GPL-1.0-or-later OR Artistic-1.0-Perl). If you keep “same terms as Perl,” consider referencing a specific Perl version.
• Include the full license text(s) in the repo (either a single LICENSE with both texts, or a LICENSES/ folder containing Artistic + GPL), or link to the official texts.
• Add an SPDX identifier (for tooling), e.g.: SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-1.0-or-later OR Artistic-1.0-Perl, and set the license field in your META files so registries can detect it.
• Optional: If you prefer a single OSI‑approved license, MIT or Apache‑2.0 (which matches NetBox core) are simple, well‑recognized choices.

Really appreciate you releasing this!

[kornix]

Thanks, Martin.

I'll fix this in the future release.