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RSS-From-Forum-vBulletin-0.11
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NAME

RSS::From::Forum::vBulletin - Generate an RSS page by parsing vBulletin forum display page

VERSION

This document describes version 0.11 of RSS::From::Forum::vBulletin (from Perl distribution RSS-From-Forum-vBulletin), released on 2017-07-10.

SYNOPSIS

# See get-rss-from-forum for command-line usage

DESCRIPTION

FUNCTIONS

get_rss_from_forum

Usage:

get_rss_from_forum(%args) -> [status, msg, result, meta]

Generate an RSS page by parsing vBulletin forum display page.

Many vBulletin forums do not turn on RSS feeds. This function parses vBulletin forum display page and create a simple RSS page so you can subscribe to it using RSS.

This function is not exported by default, but exportable.

Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):

  • ua => obj

    Supply a custom LWP::UserAgent object.

    If supplied, will be used instead of the default LWP::UserAgent object.

  • url* => str

    Forum URL (the forum display page).

    Usually it's of the form: http://host/path/forumdisplay.php?f=XXX

Returns an enveloped result (an array).

First element (status) is an integer containing HTTP status code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element (msg) is a string containing error message, or 'OK' if status is 200. Third element (result) is optional, the actual result. Fourth element (meta) is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra information.

Return value: (any)

HOMEPAGE

Please visit the project's homepage at https://metacpan.org/release/RSS-From-Forum-vBulletin.

SOURCE

Source repository is at https://github.com/perlancar/perl-RSS-From-Forum-vBulletin.

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=RSS-From-Forum-vBulletin

When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.

AUTHOR

perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2012, 2011 by perlancar@cpan.org.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.