RSS Feed Reader

Package : ecs_xml

Definition

Protocol

HTTP

 

 

Description

Retrieve an RSS feed from URL every TimeInterval.

 

 

Comments

If URL parameter is missing, blank, or invalid, source is disabled.

 If TimeInterval is missing, 99 years default will be used.

Each generated event has the following fields with their respective values:

Event Field Contents
ev:rss.xml

Complete RSS feed xml

ev:host

 localhost name
ev:app

"RSS Reader"

ev:rss.document_rss_version

Feed version

ev:rss.document_description

Feed description

ev:rss.document_title

Feed title

ev:rss.document_link

Feed link

ev:protocol

"HTTP"

ev:rss.url

Feed URL

ev:srctime

<system time>

ev:rss.entries

RSS feed entries in event xml format(0 or many)

ev:rss.entries.count

Number of entries

ev:rss.author

Feed author

ev:rss.copyright

 Feed copyright
ev:rss.encoding

Feed encoding

ev:rss.language

Feed language

ev:rss.published_date

Feed published date

ev:rss.uri

Feed uri

 

Example

<source objectId="rss" stdout="test" type="RSSFeedReader">
	<parameter type="URL">www.wired.com/news_drop/netcenter/netcenter.rdf</parameter>
	<parameter type="TimeInterval">
		<time>30</time>
		<units>sec</units>
	</parameter>
</source>