NAME
XML::Feed - Syndication feed parser and auto-discovery
SYNOPSIS
use XML::Feed;
my $feed = XML::Feed->parse(URI->new('http://example.com/atom.xml'))
or die XML::Feed->errstr;
print $feed->title, "\n";
for my $entry ($feed->entries) {
}
## Find all of the syndication feeds on a given page, using
## auto-discovery.
my @feeds = XML::Feed->find_feeds('http://example.com/');DESCRIPTION
XML::Feed is a syndication feed parser for both RSS and Atom feeds. It also implements feed auto-discovery for finding feeds, given a URI.
XML::Feed supports the following syndication feed formats:
RSS 0.91
RSS 1.0
RSS 2.0
Atom
The goal of XML::Feed is to provide a unified API for parsing and using the various syndication formats. The different flavors of RSS and Atom handle data in different ways: date handling; summaries and content; escaping and quoting; etc. This module attempts to remove those differences by providing a wrapper around the formats and the classes implementing those formats (XML::RSS and XML::Atom::Feed). For example, dates are handled differently in each of the above formats. To provide a unified API for date handling, XML::Feed converts all date formats transparently into DateTime objects, which it then returns to the caller.
USAGE
XML::Feed->parse($stream)
Parses a syndication feed identified by $stream. $stream can be any one of the following:
Scalar reference
A reference to string containing the XML body of the feed.
Filehandle
An open filehandle from which the feed XML will be read.
File name
The name of a file containing the feed XML.
URI object
A URI from which the feed XML will be retrieved.
XML::Feed->find_feeds($uri)
Given a URI $uri, use auto-discovery to find all of the feeds linked from that page (using <link> tags).
Returns a list of feed URIs.
$feed->format
Returns the format of the feed (Atom, or some version of RSS).
$feed->title
The title of the feed/channel.
$feed->link
The permalink of the feed/channel.
$feed->tagline
The description or tagline of the feed/channel.
$feed->description
Alias for $feed->tagline.
$feed->language
The language of the feed.
$feed->copyright
The copyright notice of the feed.
$feed->modified
A DateTime object representing the last-modified date of the feed.
$feed->generator
The generator of the feed.
$feed->entries
A list of the entries/items in the feed. Returns an array containing XML::Feed::Entry objects.
LICENSE
XML::Feed is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
AUTHOR & COPYRIGHT
Except where otherwise noted, XML::Feed is Copyright 2004 Benjamin Trott, ben+cpan@stupidfool.org. All rights reserved.