#!/usr/bin/env perl use 5.010; use strict; use warnings; use XML::LibXML; use Data::Dumper; my $filename = 'ours.kml'; my $dom = XML::LibXML->load_xml(location => $filename, no_blanks => 1); my $xpc = XML::LibXML::XPathContext->new($dom); $xpc->registerNs('k', "http://earth.google.com/kml/2.2"); append_placemark("Fo'o", '-122,47', 'Fo%27o'); append_placemark("Bar", '-122.5,47.5'); # say $dom->toString(1); open TEST_KML, ">test.kml"; print TEST_KML $dom->toString(1); close TEST_KML; sub add_empty_child { my $node = shift; my $element_name = shift; my $child_node = $dom->createElement($element_name); $node->appendChild($child_node); return $child_node; } sub append_placemark { my $name = shift; my $coordinates = shift; my $article_name = shift; my $placemark = add_empty_child($dom->documentElement, 'Placemark'); $placemark->{id} = to_id($name); my $name_node = add_empty_child($placemark, 'name'); my $name_content; if(defined($article_name)) { $name_content = "$name"; } else { $name_content = $name; } my $name_cdata = $dom->createCDATASection($name_content); $name_node->appendChild($name_cdata); my $style_node = add_empty_child($placemark, 'styleUrl'); $style_node->appendText('#jackpoint-logo'); my $point_node = add_empty_child($placemark, 'Point'); my $coordinates_node = add_empty_child($point_node, 'coordinates'); $coordinates_node->appendText($coordinates); } sub to_id { my $string = shift; $string =~ s/ /_/g; $string =~ s/\W//g; return lc($string); }