Yes, you're both right. It's an Atom feed and I need XML::Atom. Here's the script again with the appropriate modules for future reference or the use of others. This works smoothly. Thanks for the insights.

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;
use XML::Atom::Feed;
use XML::Atom::Entry;
    
my $xml_url = 'http://feeds2.feedburner.com/oreilly/perl';
my $feed = XML::Atom::Feed->new($xml_url);

foreach my $entry ($feed->entries()) {
   my $title = $entry->title();
   my $author = $entry->author()->name();
   my $content = $entry->content()->content();
   my $link = $entry->link()->href();
   my $published = $entry->published();
   
   &save_to_mysql($title,$author,$content,$link,$published);
}

exit;

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In case anyone else uses this bit of code, notice that I used the keys from Feedburner's feed. For example, to get the author's name, I had to use the key of author, then the key under that of name. These come from the feed file and are not functions from the perl modules.

-Spenser

That's Spenser, with an "s" like the detective.

In reply to Re: Capturing Feedburner RSS by Spenser
in thread Capturing Feedburner RSS by Spenser

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