NAME

Net::Hulu - Perl extension for the Net::Hulu name space. Can be use to download and process all XML-formatted RSS feeds provided by the popular site hulu.com.

SYNOPSIS

  use strict;
  use warnings;
  use Net::Hulu qw(
                get_recent_videos get_recent_shows get_recent_movies get_highest_rated_videos
                get_popular_videos_today get_popular_videos_this_week get_popular_videos_all_time
                get_soon_to_expire_videos get_recent_blog_postings download_recent_videos_xml
                download_recent_shows_xml download_recent_movies_xml download_highest_rated_videos_xml
                download_popular_videos_today_xml download_popular_videos_this_week_xml
                download_popular_videos_all_time_xml download_soon_to_expire_videos_xml
                download_recent_blog_postings_xml);

DESCRIPTION

Net::Hulu provides methods to download all XML-formatted RSS feeds provided by hulu.com and then return a data structure to the user containing the Data from the RSS feeds.

The following methods will download RSS feeds from hulu.com to directory where Hulu.pm is installed. Method download_recent_videos_xml will download RSS feed for recent videos. Method download_recent_shows_xml will download RSS feed for recent shows. Method download_recent_movies_xml will download RSS feed for recent movies. Method download_highest_rated_videos_xml will download RSS feed for highest rated videos. Method download_popular_videos_today_xml will download RSS feed for today's popular videos. Method download_popular_videos_this_week_xml will download RSS feed for this week's popular videos. Method download_popular_videos_all_time_xml will download RSS feed for most popular videos of all time. Method download_soon_to_expire_videos_xml will download RSS feed for soon to expire videos. Method download_recent_blog_postings_xml will download RSS feed for recent blog postings to hulu.com.

The following methods will process all RSS feeds provided by hulu.com. Method get_recent_videos returns a list of recently added videos to the user. Method get_recent_shows returns a list of recently added shows to the user. Method get_recent_movies returns a list of recently added movies to the user. Method get_highest_rated_videos returns a list of highest rated videos to the user. Method get_popular_videos_today returns a list of most popular videos today to the user. Method get_popular_videos_this_week returns a list of most popular videos this week to the user. Nethod get_popular_videos_all_time returns a list of most popular videos of all time to the user. Method get_soon_to_expire_videos returns a list of soon to expire videos to the user. Method get_recent_blog_postings returns recent blog postings for hulu.com to the user.

Getting Started

The following code will download all the XML-formatted RSS feeds provided by hulu.com, process their content, and print the results for the user.

   use strict;
   use warnings;
   use Net::Hulu qw(
                   get_recent_videos get_recent_shows get_recent_movies get_highest_rated_videos
                   get_popular_videos_today get_popular_videos_this_week get_popular_videos_all_time
                   get_soon_to_expire_videos get_recent_blog_postings download_recent_videos_xml
                   download_recent_shows_xml download_recent_movies_xml download_highest_rated_videos_xml
                   download_popular_videos_today_xml download_popular_videos_this_week_xml
                   download_popular_videos_all_time_xml download_soon_to_expire_videos_xml
                   download_recent_blog_postings_xml);

   download_recent_videos_xml();
   get_recent_videos();

   download_recent_shows_xml();
   get_recent_shows();

   download_recent_movies_xml();
   get_recent_movies();

   download_highest_rated_videos_xml();
   get_highest_rated_videos();

   download_popular_videos_today_xml();
   get_popular_videos_today();

   download_popular_videos_this_week_xml();
   get_popular_videos_this_week();

   download_popular_videos_all_time_xml();
   get_popular_videos_all_time();

   download_soon_to_expire_videos_xml();
   get_soon_to_expire_videos();

   download_recent_blog_postings_xml();
   get_recent_blog_postings();
 

SEE ALSO

Please see the documentation for the Perl modules XML::Twig an LWP::Simple for details on how Net::Hulu downloads and processes the XML-formatted RSS feeds provided by the popular website hulu.com.

Please send all bug reports to the maintainer's email address hevenerg {[at]} marshall {[dot]} edu.

AUTHOR

Net::Hulu was written and is currently maintained by Gerald L. Hevener, M.S..

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2009 by Gerald L. Hevener, M.S. <hevenerg {[at]} marshall {[dot]} edu.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.10.1 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.