working in "production": 

#!/usr/bin/perl
use lib qw( /mnt/web4/10/47/51683347/htdocs/lib/site_perl/5.8.5 );
use warnings;
use strict;

use DBI;
use WWW::Mechanize;
use XML::Simple;

my ($sth, $dbh, $xml);

my $messages = [];
my $mech = WWW::Mechanize->new();

while (1)
{
    my $resp = $mech->get( 'http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=
+207304' );

    if ( $resp->is_success )
    {
        my $xml = $resp->content;
        
        my $jatter = XMLin( $xml, ForceArray => ['message'] );

        if ( $jatter->{info}->{count} > 0 )
        {
            print STDERR "adding ", scalar @{$jatter->{message}}, "\n"
+;
            
            unless ( $dbh )
            {
                $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:database=DB354211;host=
+rdbms.strato.de", 'U354211', 'pw354211');
                $sth = $dbh->prepare('INSERT INTO pmf_jatterboxx (user
+_id, author, epoch, message_id, message) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)');
            }
            
            for ( @{$jatter->{message}} )
            {
                $sth->execute( $_->{user_id}, $_->{author}, $_->{epoch
+}, $_->{message_id}, $_->{text} );
            }
        }
        else
        {
            print STDERR "snooze\n";
        }
    }
    
    sleep(5);
}

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note: It is not obvious, but the chatterbox feed somehow notices the caller and returns only the chat-lines that are new; even without passing a date flage or something. I am curious how that works.


holli, /regexed monk/

In reply to Re: Perl, SQLite3, and Parsing the Chatterbox Feed. by holli
in thread Perl, SQLite3, and Parsing the Chatterbox Feed. by DigitalKitty

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