This was answered quickly. XML::Simple + XML::Parser is the answer.

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I'm currently trying to parse XML files like this one http://api.eve-central.com/api/quicklook?typeid=24312 in such a manner that in the end i have two arrays of hashes for sell orders and buy orders, so i can dump said orders into a database.

For various reasons I'd like to stick to modules that can be installed via ActivePerl in a simple manner, but also don't take ages to do the processing.

So far i have tried:

• LibXML : It seems to be fast, but i can't understand the documentation as to how to actually extract the data.
• XML::Simple : slow as hell
• XML::Bare : doesn't install
• XML::Parser : decent speed, but the output is so noisy I'd need to parse THAT too

Do you have any other sggestions?

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