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CGI-Wiki-Plugin-RSS-Reader-1
/ CGI::Wiki::Plugin::RSS::Reader

NAME

CGI::Wiki::Plugin::RSS::Reader - retrieve RSS feeds for inclusion in CGI::Wiki nodes

DESCRIPTION

Use this CGI::Wiki plugin to retrieve an RSS feed from a given URL so that you can include it in a wiki node.

SYNOPSIS

use CGI::Wiki::Plugin::RSS::Reader;

my $rss = CGI::Wiki::Plugin::RSS::Reader->new(
  url   => 'http://example.com/feed.rss'
);

my @items = $rss->retrieve;

USAGE

This is a plugin for CGI::Wiki, a toolkit for building wikis; therefore please consult the documentation for CGI::Wiki for relevant information. This module can, however, be used standalone if you wish.

METHODS

new

my $rss = CGI::Wiki::Plugin::RSS::Reader->new([options]);

Create a new RSS reader. Valid options are url or file (a path to an RSS file); only one can be specified.

retrieve

my @items = $rss->retrieve;

retrieve will return an array of hashes, one for each item in the RSS feed. The hashes contain two items, title and link.

If the URL or file you specified cannot be retrieved/read, retrieve will return undef rather than blowing up and surprising the person reading your wiki. If you want, you can specify debug to be 1 in the options to new, which will cause the module to croak instead of failing silently.

AUTHOR

Earle Martin (EMARTIN@cpan.org)

LEGAL

Copyright 2004 Earle Martin.

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