NAME

Catalyst::Plugin::Sitemap - Sitemap support for Catalyst.

VERSION

version 1.0.0

SYNOPSIS

            

              
              
# in MyApp.pm
use Catalyst qw/ Sitemap /;
# in the controller
    
sub alone :Local :Sitemap { 
    ... 
}
    
sub with_priority :Local :Sitemap(0.75) {
    ... 
}
    
sub with_args :Local
        :Sitemap( lastmod => 2010-09-27, changefreq => daily ) {
    ...
}
    
sub with_function :Local :Sitemap(*) { 
    ... 
}
    
sub with_function_sitemap {
    $_[2]->add( 'http://localhost/with_function' );
}
# and then...
    
sub sitemap : Path('/sitemap') {
    my ( $self, $c ) = @_;
    $c->res->body( $c->sitemap_as_xml );
}
            
          

DESCRIPTION

Catalyst::Plugin::Sitemap provides a way to semi-automate the creation of the sitemap of a Catalyst application.

CONTEXT METHOD

sitemap()

Returns a WWW::Sitemap::XML object. The sitemap object is populated by inspecting the controllers of the application for actions with the sub attribute :Sitemap.

sitemap_as_xml()

Returns the sitemap as a string containing its XML representation.

:Sitemap Subroutine Attribute

The sitemap is populated by actions ear-marked with the <:Sitemap> sub attribute. It can be invoked in different ways:

:Sitemap

            

              
              
sub alone :Local :Sitemap {
    ...
}
            
          

Adds the url of the action to the sitemap.

If the action does not resolves in a single url, this will results in an error.

:Sitemap($priority)

            

              
              
sub with_priority :Local :Sitemap(0.9) {
    ...
}
            
          

Adds the url, with the given number, which has to be between 1 (inclusive) and 0 (exclusive), as its priority.

If the action does not resolves in a single url, this will results in an error.

:Sitemap( %attributes )

            

              
              
sub with_args :Local
        :Sitemap( lastmod => 2010-09-27, changefreq => daily ) {
    ...
}
            
          

Adds the url with the given entry attributes (as defined by WWW::Sitemap::XML::URL).

If the action does not resolves in a single url, this will results in an error.

:Sitemap(*)

            

              
              
sub with_function :Local :Sitemap(*) { }
sub with_function_sitemap {
    my ( $self, $c, $sitemap ) = @_;
    $sitemap->add( 'http://localhost/with_function' );
}
            
          

Calls the function 'action_sitemap', if it exists, and passes it the controller, context and sitemap objects.

This is currently the only way to invoke :Sitemap on an action resolving to many urls.

SEE ALSO

WWW::Sitemap::XML

Module that Catalyst::Plugin::Sitemap currently uses under the hood.

Search::Sitemap

Original module that this plugin was using under the hood.

Dancer::Plugin::SiteMap

Similar plugin for the Dancer framework, which inspired Catalyst::Plugin::Sitemap.

http://babyl.dyndns.org/techblog/entry/catalyst-plugin-sitemap

Blog article introducing Catalyst::Plugin::Sitemap.

AUTHOR

Yanick Champoux <yanick@babyl.dyndns.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2010 by Yanick Champoux.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.