Send Ping to Yahoo! when RSS Feed is Updated

How to ping Yahoo! when an RSS feed has been updated, using the REST interface.

Download Chilkat Perl Module

use chilkat;


$http = new chilkat::CkHttp();

#  Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
$success = $http->UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial");
if ($success != 1) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

#  Yahoo indicates that The REST interface:
#  URL: http://ping.feeds.yahoo.com/rss/ping
#  Parameter(s): u=<site or feed url>
#  HTTP method: GET

#  The RSS2 feed URL for blog.chilkatsoft.com is:
#  http://blog.chilkatsoft.com/?feed=rss2

#  Send the HTTP GET and return the content in a string.

$responseText = $http->quickGetStr("http://ping.feeds.yahoo.com/rss/ping?u=http://blog.chilkatsoft.com/?feed=rss2");

print $responseText . "\r\n";