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- Package: Feed Parser
- Author: Mike Carter <www.ixis.co.uk/contact>
- Description
- This package provides a suite of tools to manage, process, and display RSS/ATOM data feeds. It is intended as a direct replacement for the Drupal core aggregator.module - as such it will modify the existing aggregator database tables for it's own use.
- Features
- * Per feed configuration options for ultimate content flexibility.
- * Independant feed processing engines to create whatever content you want from feed items.
- * Feeds parsed by the solid and up to date SimplePie [simplepie.org] parser engine.
- * Flexible FeedAPI for manipulating and processing feed data as it's parsed.
- Installation
- The package includes the following modules. Not all of which are required for simple usage.
- feedmanager Provides an admin interface to manage your feeds, and process them via cron.
- feedaggregator_node A feed processor which converts items in to 1st class Drupal nodes.
- feedaggregator A feed processor which converts items in to traditional Drupal aggregator items.
- feedenclosure Extracts enclosure attachment data (aka Podcasts) and stores them in the database.
- To get started activate the 'feedmanager' and 'feedaggregator_node' modules.
- Creating A Feed
- A feed requires a working URL to a feed, along with a title. The description field is pulled out from the feed source.
- Update and Discard are self explanatory.
- In the 'Advanced' box you must select what feed processor should be used to process the feed items. Each feed can have its own processor.
- What Is A Processor?
- The processor modules consume feed items and output something based on the items content. Examples for what a processor might do include:
- * automatically email each feed item to users.
- * create nodes (as done by feedaggregator_node.module)
- * create old aggregator.module items (to allow using other modules which work with aggregator.module data - like news_page.module)
- Each processor provides custom settings which can be defined on the feed's setting page. Once a processor has been selected you will need to save the feed and then re-edit the feed to reveal the extra settings.
- Categorising Content
- Each feed can be assigned a number of tags via the Drupal free-tagging system. To do this you must first associate a vocabulary with the Feedparser system.
- If you need one, create a vocabulary in the usual way at admin/taxonomy. You can now associate the vocabulary with the Feedparser system on the admin/settings/feedmanager page. All vocabularies are available in the 'Vocabulary' drop down, just pick the one you wish to store your tags in.
- Once a vocabulary has been set-up a new form field will be available when creating a feed at admin/aggregator. Any terms associated with a feed are automatically applied to any feed items created.
- Processor: Nodes
- Creates 1st class Drupal nodes from feed items. The node will be of type 'aggregator-item'.
- Settings for nodes include the author, body filter mode, and feed category tags.
- To use the automatic taxonomy creation you must have a vocabulary associated with the 'aggregator-item' content-type.
- Some feeds provide tags per item which the author has defined. If enabling 'Use feed category tags' these tags will be extracted from feeds and added to the sites taxonomy - and associated with the node in question as it is created.
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