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WebFetch-0.10
River stage one • 4 direct dependents • 4 total dependents

Changes for version 0.10 - 1999-09-15

  • added WebFetch Embedding API (added over 850 lines to WebFetch.pm)
  • XML::Parser added as a build-time dependency
  • the Slashdot and LinuxToday modules now fetch their news via XML
  • converted the following modules to support Embedding API: CNETnews, CNNsearch, COLA, Freshmeat, SiteNews, Slashdot (upcoming releases will convert more until all are done)
  • modules with the Embedding API can now all export in WebFetch, XML or RDF output formats

Documentation

Embedding_API

Modules

WebFetch
Perl module to download and save information from the Web
WebFetch::32BitsOnline
download and save 32BitsOnline headlines
WebFetch::CNETnews
download and save c|net news.com headlines or news search
WebFetch::CNNsearch
search for stories at CNN Interactive
WebFetch::COLA
news from the comp.os.linux.announce ("cola") newsgroup
WebFetch::DebianNews
download and save Debian News headlines
WebFetch::Freshmeat
download and save Freshmeat headlines
WebFetch::General
download and save headlines from other WebFetch sites
WebFetch::LinuxDevNet
download and save Linux Dev.Net headlines
WebFetch::LinuxTelephony
download and save LinuxTelephony headlines
WebFetch::LinuxToday
download and save LinuxToday headlines
WebFetch::ListSubs
summarize mail list subscriptions
WebFetch::EGAuthors
download a list of top mail-list authors from eGroups
WebFetch::PerlStruct
accepts a Perl structure with pre-parsed news
WebFetch::SiteNews
download and save SiteNews headlines
WebFetch::Slashdot
download and save Slashdot (or any Slashdot-compatible) headlines
WebFetch::YahooBiz
download and save YahooBiz headlines

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