Re: XML::Simple and ISO-8859-1 encoding buggy?

Off-the-wall suggestion: what happens if, instead of hand-decoding $xml, you

my $xml = $LWP_Data->{feed}->decoded_content;

I do not use XML::Simple, but a quick read seems to say that decoding (if any) is done by the back end. Maybe the back end (whatever it is) assumes that if you hand it a string that string has already been decoded?

Of course, this only works if the HTTP::Response object contains the encoding. You can check using lwp-request -m HEAD https://some.url/file.xml.

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Re^2: XML::Simple and ISO-8859-1 encoding buggy? by ikegami (Patriarch) on May 27, 2021 at 22:05 UTC
That would be the opposite of what you want. You want the undecoded content. Seeking work! You can reach me at ikegami@adaelis.com	[reply]
Re^3: XML::Simple and ISO-8859-1 encoding buggy? by Anonymous Monk on May 28, 2021 at 01:51 UTC
gzip/bzip2/deflate/compress/base64/quoted-printable are all encodings decoded_content decodes these (and more) XML::Simple doesn't decode those https://metacpan.org/pod/HTTP::Message#$mess-%3Edecoded_content(-%options-) also has xml bits, which can be avoided with shortcut https://metacpan.org/pod/HTTP::Message#$mess-%3Edecode `$LWP_Data->{feed}->decode; my $xml = $LWP_Data->{feed}->content;` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: XML::Simple and ISO-8859-1 encoding buggy? by ikegami (Patriarch) on May 29, 2021 at 02:31 UTC
Transfer encodings (gzip, compress, etc) are already removed automatically. No need to use `decoded_content` for that. `decoded_content` does remove some content encodings. This means, for example, that it allows you to request a .gz file and get the .xml within. But the OP didn't say anything about requesting a non-XML file and wanting to get the XML from it. Finally, and most relevant, it also undoes character encodings, and that's bad. It can be told not to do this, but my comment was directed a code that didn't prevent this. Seeking work! You can reach me at ikegami@adaelis.com	[reply] [d/l] [select]