NAME
POE::Component::RSSAggregator - Watch Muliple RSS Feeds for New
Headlines
VERSION
Version 1.11
SYNOPSIS
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use POE;
use POE::Component::RSSAggregator;
my @feeds = (
{ url => "http://www.jbisbee.com/rdf/",
name => "jbisbee",
delay => 10,
},
{ url => "http://lwn.net/headlines/rss",
name => "lwn",
delay => 300,
},
);
POE::Session->create(
inline_states => {
_start => \&init_session,
handle_feed => \&handle_feed,
},
);
$poe_kernel->run();
sub init_session {
my ( $kernel, $heap, $session ) = @_[ KERNEL, HEAP, SESSION ];
$heap->{rssagg} = POE::Component::RSSAggregator->new(
alias => 'rssagg',
debug => 1,
callback => $session->postback("handle_feed"),
tmpdir => '/tmp', # optional caching
);
$kernel->post( 'rssagg', 'add_feed', $_ ) for @feeds;
}
sub handle_feed {
my ( $kernel, $feed ) = ( $_[KERNEL], $_[ARG1]->[0] );
for my $headline ( $feed->late_breaking_news ) {
# do stuff with the XML::RSS::Headline object
print $headline->headline . "\n";
}
}
CONSTRUCTORS
POE::Component::RSSAggregator->new( %hash );
Create a new instace of PoCo::RSSAggregator.
* alias
POE alias to use for your instance of PoCo::RSSAggregator.
* debug
Boolean value to turn on verbose output. (debug is also passed to
XML::RSS::Feed instances to turn on verbose output as well)
* tmpdir
The tmpdir argument is passed on to XML::RSS::Feed as the directory
to cache RSS between fetches (and instances).
* http_alias
Optional. Alias of an existing PoCoCl::HTTP.
* follow_redirects
Optional. Only if you don't have an exiting PoCoCl::HTTP. Argument
is passed to PoCoCl::HTTP to tell it the follow redirect level.
(Defaults to 2)
METHODS
$rssagg->feed_list
Returns the current feeds as an array or array_ref.
$rssagg->feeds
Returns a hash ref of feeds with the key being the feeds name. The hash
reference you that belongs to the key is passed to
XML::RSS::Feed->new($hash_ref). ( see XML::RSS::Feed )
$rssagg->feed( $feed_name )
Accessor to access a the XML::RSS::Feed object via a feed's name.
$rssagg->add_feed( $hash_ref )
The hash reference you pass in to add_feed is passed to
XML::RSS::Feed->new($hash_ref). ( see XML::RSS::Feed )
$rssagg->remove_feed( $feed_name )
Pass in the name of the feed you want to remove.
$rssagg->pause_feed( $feed_name )
Pass in the name of the feed you want to pause.
$rssagg->resume_feed( $feed_name )
Pass in the name of the feed you want to resume (that you previously
paused).
$rssagg->shutdown
Shutdown the instance of PoCo::RSSAggregator.
AUTHOR
Jeff Bisbee, "<jbisbee at cpan.org>"
BUGS
Please report any bugs or feature requests to
"bug-poe-component-rssaggregator at rt.cpan.org", or through the web
interface at
<http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=POE-Component-RSSAggrega
tor>. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of
progress on your bug as I make changes.
SUPPORT
You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.
perldoc POE::Component::RSSAggregator
You can also look for information at:
* AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation
<http://annocpan.org/dist/POE-Component-RSSAggregator>
* CPAN Ratings
<http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/POE-Component-RSSAggregator>
* RT: CPAN's request tracker
<http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=POE-Component-RSSAggregato
r>
* Search CPAN
<http://search.cpan.org/dist/POE-Component-RSSAggregator>
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Special thanks to Rocco Caputo, Martijn van Beers, Sean Burke, Prakash
Kailasa and Randal Schwartz for their help, guidance, patience, and bug
reports. Guys thanks for actually taking time to use the code and give
good, honest feedback.
COPYRIGHT & LICENSE
Copyright 2006 Jeff Bisbee, all rights reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.
SEE ALSO
XML::RSS::Feed, XML::RSS::Headline, XML::RSS::Headline::PerlJobs,
XML::RSS::Headline::Fark