https://github.com/ikluft/webfetch

Perl module to download and save information from the Web
https://github.com/ikluft/webfetch

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Perl module to download and save information from the Web

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/ikluft/webfetch
• Owner: ikluft
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2022-07-03T06:02:47.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2023-08-14T20:12:38.000Z (about 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-06-19T20:49:21.843Z (5 months ago)
• Topics: atom, feed-reader, perl, rss
• Language: Perl
• Homepage:
• Size: 348 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# WebFetch modules

The main module:

- [WebFetch](main/) - Perl module to download and save information from the Web

  - [![Perl_WebFetch](https://github.com/ikluft/WebFetch/actions/workflows/test-main.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/ikluft/WebFetch/actions/workflows/test-main.yml)

  - MetaCPAN: https://metacpan.org/pod/WebFetch

Subsidiary modules which were separated into their own modules due to external dependencies:

- [WebFetch::Input::Atom](submodules/Input-Atom/) - get headlines for WebFetch from Atom feeds

  

  - MetaCPAN: https://metacpan.org/pod/WebFetch::Input::Atom

  - depends on [XML::Atom](https://metacpan.org/pod/XML::Atom)

- [WebFetch::RSS](submodules/RSS/) - WebFetch input and output handlers for RSS

  

  - [![Perl_WebFetch_RSS](https://github.com/ikluft/WebFetch/actions/workflows/test-sub-rss.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/ikluft/WebFetch/actions/workflows/test-sub-rss.yml)

  - MetaCPAN: https://metacpan.org/pod/WebFetch::RSS

  - depends on [XML::RSS](https://metacpan.org/pod/XML::RSS)

- [WebFetch::Output::TT](submodules/Output-TT) - save data from WebFetch via the Perl Template Toolkit

  

  - MetaCPAN: https://metacpan.org/pod/WebFetch::Output::TT

  - depends on [Template Toolkit](https://metacpan.org/pod/Template)

- [WebFetch::Output::TWiki](submodules/Output-TWiki) - save data from WebFetch into a TWiki web site

  

  - MetaCPAN: https://metacpan.org/pod/WebFetch::Output::TWiki

  - depends on [TWiki](https://twiki.org/)

# Description

The WebFetch module is a framework for downloading and saving

information from the web, and for saving or re-displaying it.

It provides a generalized interface for saving to a file

while keeping the previous version as a backup.

This is mainly intended for use in a cron-job to acquire

periodically updated information.

WebFetch allows the user to specify a source and destination, and

the input and output formats.  It is possible to write new Perl modules

to the WebFetch API in order to add more input and output formats.

The currently provided input formats are Atom, RSS, WebFetch "SiteNews" files

and raw Perl data structures.

The currently provided output formats are RSS, WebFetch "SiteNews" files,

the Perl Template Toolkit, and export into a TWiki site.

Some modules which were specific to pre-RSS/Atom web syndication formats

have been deprecated.  Those modules can be found in the CPAN archive

in WebFetch 0.10.  Those modules are no longer compatible with changes

in the current WebFetch API.