NAME
RSS::From::Forum::vBulletin - Get RSS page by parsing vBulletin forum
display page
VERSION
This document describes version 0.07 of RSS::From::Forum::vBulletin
(from Perl distribution RSS-From-Forum-vBulletin), released on
2014-08-16.
SYNOPSIS
# See get-rss-from-forum for command-line usage
DESCRIPTION
FUNCTIONS
None are exported, but they are exportable.
get_rss_from_forum(%args) -> [status, msg, result, meta]
Generate an RSS page by parsing vBulletin forum display page.
Many vBulletin forums do not turn on RSS feeds. This function parses
vBulletin forum display page and create a simple RSS page so you can
subscribe to it using RSS.
Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):
* ua => *obj*
Supply a custom LWP::UserAgent object.
If supplied, will be used instead of the default LWP::UserAgent
object.
* url* => *str*
Forum URL (the forum display page).
Usually it's of the form: http://host/path/forumdisplay.php?f=XXX
Return value:
Returns an enveloped result (an array).
First element (status) is an integer containing HTTP status code (200
means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element (msg) is
a string containing error message, or 'OK' if status is 200. Third
element (result) is optional, the actual result. Fourth element (meta)
is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra
information.
(any)
HOMEPAGE
Please visit the project's homepage at
<https://metacpan.org/release/RSS-From-Forum-vBulletin>.
SOURCE
Source repository is at
<https://github.com/sharyanto/perl-RSS-From-Forum-vBulletin>.
BUGS
Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website
<https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=RSS-From-Forum-vBulle
tin>
When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch
to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.
AUTHOR
Steven Haryanto <stevenharyanto@gmail.com>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2014 by Steven Haryanto.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.