use strict; use warnings; use WebService::Simple; use Cache::File; my $api_key = "your_api_key"; my $cache = Cache::File->new( cache_root => '/tmp/mycache', default_expires => '30 min', ); my $flickr = WebService::Simple->new( base_url => "http://api.flickr.com/services/rest/", cache => $cache, param => { api_key => $api_key, } ); my $response = $flickr->get( { method => "flickr.test.echo", name => "value" } ); my $ref = $response->parse_xml; print $ref->{name} . "\n";