Posted by domineaux on July 22, 2010 at 7:14pm
I asked this before sometime back.
I would really like to be able to pre-sort and filter feed information before loading it into MYSql database.
Is there a best way to accomplish this in 2.1 OP.
It seems to me this would be a very important issue with most of us, because the OP is designed for facilitating and acquiring content.
Anyway, I'd be interested to read more on this topic
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I totally agree with this need
In fact, that is why I'm interesting in Tattler. Tattler could function as a "clearing house" for OP articles. You could set your feeds up there, have views filter the content, or use the feedapi_itemfilter, or let a group of humans sort and rank the feeds.
Then Tattler could create its own RSS feed from the filtered results. OP could just register for that filtered feed, thereby eliminating all the cruft.
I have several sites that
I have several sites that have very different content. Content that never overlaps. The various general news feeds have information relating to the content, but not on a frequent basis. It is important to filter and sort on those various feeds, because a loss of valuable timely information annoys site users. The problem is there is so little relevant news on the required content items it requires filtering an enormous number of feed site data to find valuable content.
If I were to download those feeds without pre-filtering them I would have tons of worthless data in Mysql. Yes, I could filter them on the server. WHat would be the point, afterall computer strength is in the ability to manage large amounts of data as needed.
Yahoo Pipes
You can also use Yahoo pipes for even greater flexibility. There is a bit of a learning curve there but I think its worth it, there also tons of public pipes you can use as is or modify a bit to suit your needs.
Then you can generate an rss feed to get the data into your site, or you can use this module: http://drupal.org/project/yahoopipes
Hope this helps.
Maybe try Google News
Google news has an option to build a RSS alert that contains a filtered search. I'm experimenting with using it to build a filtered RSS feed, then load it into Tattler (or Managing News) and then moderate the resulting feeds. I may end up going with Managing News, since it's built on the feeds module. (as opposed to feedapi)
The feeds module allows mapping of RSS fields to CCK fields. This is necessary because Google News RSS feeds are a bit funky.
I found this, going to try it tomorrow (off work)
http://drupal.org/project/feedapi_itemfilter
Thanks for IP on the Managing news I'll look into it and the Google thing as well.
This is something I gotta get worked out.