###Perl + XML = How?###

jonmon6691 · 10-01-2006, 06:02 AM

I need to use Perl to take an XML document and get a URL that is in the tag <pic></pic>, there are multiple instances of <pic> eg.

Code:

<root>
<child>
<pic>http://www.somesite.com/image.jpg</pic>
</child>
<child>
<Pic fieldName="Pic" originalElement="img" src="URL HERE" type="field"/>
</child>
</root>

there is also an unknown number of instances and there are other tags that should be ignored. If there is a module in Perl, i don't know what it is or how to use it so if you could give me a link to a comprehensive tutorial, and please, i already tried googleing it and i could not find anything useful.

I also need to download the picture from the urls found in the xml document.

ps i would rather not use re's (b/c i suck at them)

jonmon6691 · 10-01-2006, 10:01 PM

ive herd about XML::parser but i dont have a clue how to use it

jonmon6691 · 10-03-2006, 05:53 AM

Wgas going on! is this forum dead! I've tried CPAN but im confused on how to use XML::Parse is there ont that will create simple hashes or arrays or something that outlines the data in the xml doc.

10-01-2006, 06:02 AM	#1 (permalink)
jonmon6691 True Techie Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 101	###Perl + XML = How?### I need to use Perl to take an XML document and get a URL that is in the tag <pic></pic>, there are multiple instances of <pic> eg. Code: <root> <child> <pic>http://www.somesite.com/image.jpg</pic> </child> <child> <Pic fieldName="Pic" originalElement="img" src="URL HERE" type="field"/> </child> </root> there is also an unknown number of instances and there are other tags that should be ignored. If there is a module in Perl, i don't know what it is or how to use it so if you could give me a link to a comprehensive tutorial, and please, i already tried googleing it and i could not find anything useful. I also need to download the picture from the urls found in the xml document. ps i would rather not use re's (b/c i suck at them) __________________ .:HP Pavillion dv6000:. 1.8 ghtz Intel Core 2 Duo 2GB RAM 120 GB HDD nVidia Go graphics Apache 2.2 (looking for a domain name)

10-01-2006, 10:01 PM	#2 (permalink)
jonmon6691 True Techie Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 101	ive herd about XML::parser but i dont have a clue how to use it __________________ .:HP Pavillion dv6000:. 1.8 ghtz Intel Core 2 Duo 2GB RAM 120 GB HDD nVidia Go graphics Apache 2.2 (looking for a domain name)

10-03-2006, 05:53 AM	#3 (permalink)
jonmon6691 True Techie Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 101	Wgas going on! is this forum dead! I've tried CPAN but im confused on how to use XML::Parse is there ont that will create simple hashes or arrays or something that outlines the data in the xml doc. __________________ .:HP Pavillion dv6000:. 1.8 ghtz Intel Core 2 Duo 2GB RAM 120 GB HDD nVidia Go graphics Apache 2.2 (looking for a domain name)

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