use URI qw( ); use URI::QueryParam qw( ); foreach ( 'http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=629153', 'http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?node=Recently%20Active%20Threads', ) { my $uri = URI->new($_); my @node_ids = $uri->query_param('node_id'); my @node_titles = $uri->query_param('node'); if ( (@node_ids && @node_titles) || @node_ids > 2 || @node_titles > 2 ) { warn("$uri: Error: Bad uri\n"); } if (!@node_ids && !@node_titles) { warn("$uri: Warning: Unrecognized uri\n"); next; } if (@node_ids) { print("$uri: By Id ($node_ids[0])\n"); } if (@node_titles) { print("$uri: By Title ($node_titles[0])\n"); } }