Use ElasticSearch.pm to query MetaCPAN

gistfile1.pl

use ElasticSearch;

my $es = ElasticSearch->new( servers => 'api.metacpan.org', no_refresh => 1 );

my $scroller = $es->scrolled_search(
    query       => { match_all => {} },
    search_type => 'scan',
    scroll      => '5m',
    index       => 'v0',
    type        => 'release',
    size        => 100,
);

while ( my $result = $scroller->next ) {
    print $result->{_source}->{author}, $/;
}