Listing 2. bloglines-getitems.pl

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use diagnostics;
use warnings;

use WebService::Bloglines;

my $username = 'reuven@lerner.co.il';
my $password = 'MYPASS';

my $bloglines =
  WebService::Bloglines->new(username => $username,
                             password => $password);

# Do we want to mark them as read?
my $mark_unread = 0;

# From what date do we want to download items?
# (This should be in Unix "time"

my $subscriptions = $bloglines->listsubs();

if ($subscriptions)
{
    # list all feeds
    my @feeds = $subscriptions->feeds();

    foreach my $feed (@feeds) {
        my $title  = $feed->{title};
        my $url    = $feed->{htmlUrl};
        my $subId  = $feed->{BloglinesSubId};

        print "Subscribed to '$title', "
            . "subId '$subId' at '$url'\n";


    my $update;

    # Trap errors!
    eval {$update = $bloglines->getitems($subId);};

    # Keep track of errors, showing "no change"
    if ($@) {
        if ($@ =~ /^304 No Change/) {
            print "\t No change\n";
        }
        else {
            print "\t Error code '$@' "
                . "retrieving updates.\n";
        }
    }

    # No errors?  Show some basics about the items.
    else
    {
        foreach my $item ($update->items)
        {
        my $title       = $item->{title};
        my $creator     = $item->{dc}->{creator};
        my $link        = $item->{link};
        my $pubDate     = $item->{pubDate};
        print "\t$title by $creator "
            . "on $pubDate ($link)\n";
        }
    }
    }
}
else
{
    print "No subscriptions.\n"
}