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Really Simple Syndication (RSS) is a family of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated works—such as blog entries, news headlines, audio, and video—in a standardized format.

Really Simple Syndication (RSS) is a family of web content syndication formats used to publish frequently updated works — such as blog entries, news headlines, audio, and video — in a standardized format.

RSS is a dialect of XML. All RSS files must conform to the XML 1.0 specification, as published on the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) website.

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How To Discover RSS Feeds for a given URL

I get a URL from a user. I need to know: a) is the URL a valid RSS feed? b) if not is there a valid feed associated with that URL using PHP/Javascript or something similar (Ex. http://techcrunch.com fails a), but b) would return their RSS feed)
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Grouping similar news contents together like in GOOGLE NEWS

I am unable to manage the RSS feeds easily due to an overwhelming number of new stories / similar news contents posted in various news sites. For subjects such as world news and business news, many of the stories are redundant, adding a burden to…
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What is the best way to generate youtube playlist rss feeds for an iOS app?

What is the best way to generate youtube playlist rss feeds for an iOS app? At the moment I am using the following format: http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/playlists/YOUR_YOUTUBE_PLAYLIST_NUMBER But doesn't seem to be as widely compatible as other…
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YQL query service replacement now that Yahoo shut it down

So now that Yahoo shut down query.yahooapis.com as the following message indicates, does anyone know of a free replacement? "Important EOL Notice: As of Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019, the YQL service at query.yahooapis.com will be retired. This will…
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HTML5 - Correct usage of the

Reading an article on the
tag on HTML5, I really think my biggest confusion is in the first question of this section: Using
gives more semantic meaning to the content. By contrast
is only a block of related content,…
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Loading RSS feed with AJAX: alternatives to Google Feed API?

I've been using the Google Feed API to load RSS feeds, but it looks like Google has shut down the API. For instance, when I try to load the New York Times RSS feed at…
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Parsing XML feed die with "Element is already used"

I'm trying to parse an XML feed using SimpleXML in Android: http://backend.deviantart.com/rss.xml?type=deviation&q=by%3Aspyed+sort%3Atime+meta%3Aall Sample here:
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get RSS feed into php array - possible?

I want to parse an existing RSS feed from another website with php and then store certain parts of it in a mysql database. I'm very competent with php and mysql but have never worked with rss feeds before, where should i start? is there an…
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How to authenticate an RSS feed

Basecamp uses HTTP authentication for its RSS feeds but this means that Google Reader, Bloglines and Firefox/Safari RSS don't work. Is it possible to secure an RSS feed but still allow access from these popular readers?
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Sending SVN commits to an RSS feed

So my favourite web tool, Subtlety, was recently discontinued, which means that I no longer have easy access to the commit logs of various SVN projects that I follow. Are there any other tools that easily pump out an RSS feed of commits for a…
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How can I apply my CSS stylesheet to an RSS feed

On my blog I use some CSS classes which are defined in my stylesheet, but in RSS readers those styles don't show up. I had been searching for class="whatever" and replacing with style="something: something;". But this means whenever I modify my…
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Feedparser.parse() 'SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED'

I'm having this SSL issue with feedparser parsing an HTTPS RSS feed, I don't really know what to do as I can't find any documentation on this error when it comes to feedparser: >>> import feedparser >>> feed = feedparser.parse(rss) >>> feed {'feed':…
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How to test XML file using RSpec?

I have an RSS feed that I am writing an RSpec test for. I want to test that the XML document has the correct nodes and structure. Unfortunately, I can't find any good examples of how to do this in a clean way. I have only found some half-implemented…
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Instagram public RSS feed

I was wondering how ink361 was creating an Instagram RSS feed from a username. Example feed: http://ink361.com/feed/user/snoopdogg Blog post: http://blog.ink361.com/post/23664609916/new-rss-instagram-feed-feature-on-ink361-com Any insight would be…
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Parse RSS feed using asp.net c#

I have an RSS feed that I follow and would like to display it on my website. The UI would simply contain the description of the article in the RSS feed and also have the link to click on. Since I'm using the ASP.NET C# framework, I'm wondering if…
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