XML::Node is a Perl5 module which provides a simplified extension interface to XML::Parser. Paraphrasing the README: Instead of worrying about "start", "end", and "char" callbacks of every single XML node, you can simply say that you only want to be notified when a path is found. Using XML::Node, you can ignore the parts of XML files that you are not interested in. Additionally, you can register a variable instead of a callback function. The corresponding string found in an XML file will be automatically appended to your variable. WWW: https://metacpan.org/release/XML-Node