XML::Feed(3)

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->new($format)
Creates a new empty XML::Feed object using the format $format.

  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.

  $feed->convert($format)
Converts the XML::Feed object into the $format format, and returns the new object.

  $feed->splice($other_feed)
Splices in all of the entries from the feed $other_feed into $feed, skipping posts that are already in $feed.

  $feed->format
Returns the format of the feed ("Atom", or some version of "RSS").

  $feed->title([ $title ])
The title of the feed/channel.

  $feed->link([ $uri ])
The permalink of the feed/channel.

  $feed->tagline([ $tagline ])
The description or tagline of the feed/channel.

  $feed->description([ $description ])
Alias for $feed->tagline.

  $feed->author([ $author ])
The author of the feed/channel.

  $feed->language([ $language ])
The language of the feed.

  $feed->copyright([ $copyright ])
The copyright notice of the feed.

  $feed->modified([ $modified ])
A DateTime object representing the last-modified date of the feed.

If present, $modified should be a DateTime object.

  $feed->generator([ $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.

  $feed->add_entry($entry)
Adds an entry to the feed. $entry should be an XML::Feed::Entry object in the correct format for the feed.

  $feed->as_xml
Returns an XML representation of the feed, in the format determined by the current format of the $feed object.

PACKAGE VARIABLES

$XML::Feed::RSS::PREFERRED_PARSER
    If you want to use another RSS parser class than XML::RSS (default), you can change the class by setting $PREFERRED_PARSER variable in XML::Feed::RSS package.

        $XML::Feed::RSS::PREFERRED_PARSER = "XML::RSS::LibXML";

    Note: this will only work for parsing feeds, not creating feeds.

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 2004-2005 Six Apart, cpan@sixapart.com. All rights reserved.