Posted by aron novak on August 12, 2007 at 9:01pm
Results:
- A release after the beta
- updated developer documentation (it changed a lot because of the concept changes)
- Screencast for users to make familiar with installing, setup and use the module
I have to admit, that i'm glad that the issue queue is full of feature requests, it seems that people want to use FeedAPI for various purposes. And yeah, their purposes are not impossible with FeedAPI (using the API, developers can write the proper modules)
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How close?
I presume as a beta release it's not yet ready for production sites. Do you have an estimated time when it might be ready?
I think by the end of the
I think by the end of the October:
- we have more "essential" features in (see the feature requests in the issue queue - i have commented in what i'd like to put in)
- Drupal 6 version
- ready for production site - it depends on the kind users who are brave enough to install it now and give feedback
*Thunderous applause*
Today I got a chance to play with the demo you set up, Aron, and think what you've come up with is terribly cool. I'm going to have a little spare time coming up in the next couple of days and am very looking forward to throwing this in a sandbox and playing with it, myself. If I'm understanding what I'm seeing in the developer docs correctly, this will allow modules to provide lightweight NewsML functionality, a prospect that I think would be absolutely huge for small publishers.
Thanks :) Yeah, i also think
Thanks :) Yeah, i also think that it's possible to write a processor that transform the incoming stuff into NewsML. If you have any questions about it, i'm gladly help to achieve this idea.
NewsML
I guess what should really be said here is just that, as you've no doubt discovered, people tend to develop .RSS parsers whose results are largely about how much of the format in question they actually figure needs to be parsed -- there's all kinds of extensions and content variations that are in use by different software, such as allowing one to place ads in their syndicated content (and parsers to screen them back out again).
NewsML is kind of the 800 pound gorilla of RSS formats. It's huge, it has it's own taxonomy, it has specifications intended specifically for News, Events and Sports, as well as one for layout (adding pictures and the like). I've been dinking around with this idea for about a year, now -- the guys over in the Drupal for Newspapers group could probably speak to the subject much better than I, however.
Aron: nice work, man. I am
Aron: nice work, man. I am happy to see that there is so much interest for FeedAPI!
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Awesome
@Max -- yes, that will be possible. One of the things that the FeedAPI enables will be XML-to-CCK mapping. When we have that layer, then we have a generic UI for XML import.
Aron, this is great work.
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An example of a real simple
An example of a real simple Wink screencast could be seen here.
Great!
This is great. I noticed the taxonomy import doesn't seem to work on del.icio.us feeds (which are RSS1.0 with the xmlns:taxo for tag names) using the built-in php parser. I'll have to test that to see what's happening or what might be added.
I've been toying with redoing my blog a la http://joestump.net with my various "stuff" (blog posts, del.icio.us bookmarks, Flickr photos) aggregated together into a single fire-hose list. This looks like the right direction for Drupal and for me ... any particular issues need attention to help move this project toward a "release-worthy" status?
Which parser did you use -
Which parser did you use - simplepie or common syndication?
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Common syndication parser.
Common syndication parser.
delicious is a special case
Uses the stupid space separated taxonomy all in one category element. As far as I can tell, this needs to be special cased and/or a simple specialized "this is a delicious feed" parser/engine.
The good news is that the
The good news is that the currently in-development update to del.icio.us is rss 2.0 and uses normal category elements:
http://feeds.preview.delicious.com/v2/rss/strudeau
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It's not up-to-the minute, but I think I can live with that till the upgrade happens.