use Data::Dump qw/dd/; my $feed = ...; # parse the data print dd($feed); # this is a long shot, it will be clearer when you find what $feed contains # it is based on https://github.com/OneSkyWalker/protobuf-java-examples/blob/master/ListBusInfo.java # getEntityList() is from the java api, what's in Perl? Seave through the dd output above. #foreach $entity ($feed->getEntityList){ # print dd($entity); # my $veh = $entity->vehicle; # my $position = $veh->position; # print "bus is at " . $position->{latitude} . ', ' . $position->{longitude}; #} # or $entity = $feed->EntitySelector("42558_202397_3000_41_1"); print dd($entity);