NAME
eBay::API::Simple::RSS - Support for grabbing an RSS feed via API call
USAGE
my $call = eBay::API::Simple::RSS->new();
$call->execute(
'http://sfbay.craigslist.org/search/sss',
{
query => 'shirt',
format => 'rss',
}
);
if ( $call->has_error() ) {
die "Call Failed:" . $call->errors_as_string();
}
# getters for the response DOM or Hash
my $dom = $call->response_dom();
my $hash = $call->response_hash();
# collect all item nodes
my @items = $dom->getElementsByTagName('item');
foreach my $n ( @items ) {
print $n->findvalue('title/text()') . "\n";
}PUBLIC METHODS
new( { %options } }
my $call = ebay::API::Simple::RSS->new();
prepare( $url, $%args )
$call->prepare(
'http://sfbay.craigslist.org/search/sss',
{ query => 'shirt', format => 'rss', }
);This method will construct the API request using the supplied URL.
Options
- $url (required)
-
Feed URL to fetch
- %$args (optional)
-
The supplied args will be encoded and appended to the URL
BASECLASS METHODS
request_agent
Accessor for the LWP::UserAgent request agent
request_object
Accessor for the HTTP::Request request object
request_content
Accessor for the complete request body from the HTTP::Request object
response_content
Accessor for the HTTP response body content
response_object
Accessor for the HTTP::Request response object
response_dom
Accessor for the LibXML response DOM
response_hash
Accessor for the hashified response content
nodeContent( $tag, [ $dom ] )
Helper for LibXML that retrieves node content
errors
Accessor to the hashref of errors
has_error
Returns true if the call contains errors
errors_as_string
Returns a string of API errors if there are any.
PRIVATE METHODS
_get_request_body
This method supplies the XML body for the web service request
_get_request_headers
This methods supplies the headers for the RSS API call
_get_request_object
This method creates the request object and returns to the parent class
AUTHOR
Tim Keefer <tim@timkeefer.com>
COPYRIGHT
Tim Keefer 2009