NAME

App::FeedDeduplicator::Aggregator - Aggregator class for App::FeedDeduplicator

DESCRIPTION

This module is part of the App::FeedDeduplicator application. It is responsible for aggregating feeds from multiple sources.

It fetches the feeds using LWP::UserAgent and parses them using XML::Feed. The aggregated entries are stored in an array for further processing.

It is designed to be used in conjunction with the Deduplicator and Publisher classes to provide a complete feed deduplication and publishing solution.

SYNOPSIS

use App::FeedDeduplicator::Aggregator;

my $aggregator = App::FeedDeduplicator::Aggregator->new(
  feeds => [{
    name => 'Feed 1',
    feed => 'http://example.com/feed1',
    web  => 'http://example.com',
  }, {
    name => 'Feed 2',
    feed => 'http://example.com/feed2',
    web  => 'http://example.com',
  }],
  ua => LWP::UserAgent->new(),
);

$aggregator->aggregate();

METHODS

new

Creates a new instance of App::FeedDeduplicator::Aggregator. The constructor accepts a list of feeds and a user agent as parameters.

The feeds should be an array reference containing hash references with the keys 'name', 'feed', and 'web'.

The user agent should be an instance of LWP::UserAgent.

aggregate

The main method that aggregates feeds from the specified sources. It fetches each feed using the provided user agent and parses it using XML::Feed.

It stores the aggregated entries in an array for further processing. The entries are stored as hash references containing the entry and the corresponding feed information.

AUTHOR

Dave Cross <dave@perlhacks.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2025 Magnum Solutions Ltd. All rights reserved.

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

See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/artistic.html for more details.