Perl & XML RSS

Using Perl for Fetching XML RSS Feeds

[CustomFit]

Hi, does anyone have a Perl code snippet for fetching an Webmasterworld.com's XML RSS feed to display on our site?

Thanks in advance.

[SeanW]

Is the problem getting it or parsing it?

OTTOMH:

Get the content:
[perl]
use LWP::Simple;

my $feed = get "http://www.webmasterworld.com/index.rss";
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Parse the content:

[perl]
use XML::RSS;
my $rss = new XML::RSS;
$rss->parse($feed);
foreach my $item (@{$rss->{'items'}}) {
print "title: $item->{'title'}\n";
print "link: $item->{'link'}\n\n";
}
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Updated: fixed missing quote

[CustomFit]

Sean, the problem isn't getting it so much as it is parsing the data properly. We feel our hands are kind of tied using Perl for styling and arranging the fetched data. Any suggestions on this?

Thanks again.

[SeanW]

That snippet of XML::RSS should be a good start... It takes care of all the parsing.

Sean