Thanks for the response!
That is a collection of different attempts seeking more than the few fields offered as it is parsing a standard wordpress rss feed $link = $entry->link; and $title = $entry->title;
are the only two giving up any data.
If acquiring the ID of the original is possible the rest can easily follow but so far finding that elusive ID has been a tiny bit frustrating 😉 Would just love to find out how to change the link to a permalink as well.