Updating syndication extension attempt #3

Justoverclock

yeah, is back to life ? 🙂

IanM

010101

IanM Yes I got it to the point where everything will load and the feeds are in the <head>. But, then I still got some errors. That’s where I gave up.

I assume it’s all about routes? Because I got it to almost work, it just couldn’t find the feed. I don’t know though.

IanM

010101 Yeah, the routes all need updating, and a few other bits and bobs too.. When I'm done, I'll ping you the commit so you can take a proper look 🙂

Right. I think I have the /rss endpoint working now. This is what's generated, does this look about right?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">

    <channel>
        <title><![CDATA[Flarum Dev Docker]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Last posts in the forum]]></description>        <link><![CDATA[http://flarum.local]]></link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2021 23:36:31 +0000</pubDate>
        <atom:link href="http://flarum.local/rss/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />

                <item>
            <title><![CDATA[timed post draft]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[yes]]></description>
            <guid>http://flarum.local/d/56-timed-post-draft/2</guid>
            <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2021 11:20:10 +0000</pubDate>
        </item>
                <item>
            <title><![CDATA[test members]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[howdy]]></description>
            <guid>http://flarum.local/d/59-test-members/1</guid>
            <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2021 17:34:27 +0000</pubDate>
        </item>
                <item>
            <title><![CDATA[test]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[test]]></description>
            <guid>http://flarum.local/d/58-test/1</guid>
            <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2021 11:59:08 +0000</pubDate>
        </item>
                <item>
            <title><![CDATA[private]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[hello]]></description>
            <guid>http://flarum.local/d/24-private/4</guid>
            <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2021 09:54:59 +0000</pubDate>
        </item>
                <item>
            <title><![CDATA[http image]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
            <guid>http://flarum.local/d/57-http-image/4</guid>
            <pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2021 23:20:28 +0000</pubDate>
        </item>
                <item>
            <title><![CDATA[img]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[5]]></description>
            <guid>http://flarum.local/d/48-img/67</guid>
            <pubDate>Sat, 05 Jun 2021 22:02:17 +0000</pubDate>
        </item>
                <item>
            <title><![CDATA[dwqwed2323r]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[232grgerg3wrg3wr4g]]></description>
            <guid>http://flarum.local/d/43-dwqwed2323r/2</guid>
            <pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2021 07:22:33 +0000</pubDate>
        </item>
                <item>
            <title><![CDATA[efrfwsef]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[sfsdfsdf]]></description>
            <guid>http://flarum.local/d/42-efrfwsef/1</guid>
            <pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2021 07:21:36 +0000</pubDate>
        </item>
                <item>
            <title><![CDATA[dasdasdasd]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[asdasd]]></description>
            <guid>http://flarum.local/d/40-dasdasdasd/1</guid>
            <pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2021 07:33:50 +0000</pubDate>
        </item>
                <item>
            <title><![CDATA[dasdad]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[asdasd]]></description>
            <guid>http://flarum.local/d/39-dasdad/1</guid>
            <pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2021 07:32:55 +0000</pubDate>
        </item>
        
    </channel>

</rss>

010101

Side note: going back to how you simply populate the base url of the forum... What if a focus of upcoming releases was shortcuts of sorts?

Things are the way they are for very good reasons. I 100% trust the core developers.

Still... could shortcuts somehow be built in? So if a novice wants to populate the forum base url they can just do something like: $base_url

Or anything similar. Point being, there could be really simplistic ways to tap into things.

The only problem is this approach would undoubtedly be a lot of work for core team. And the core team has already put in way too much work. So... it’s just a... wish? Or, thought? At the same time recognizing that these things aren’t easy.

luceos

010101 Side note: going back to how you simply populate the base url of the forum... What if a focus of upcoming releases was shortcuts of sorts?

What we could do is populate the views with some much needed defaults (UrlGenerator as $url variable etc). But the risk is that any child template will override that and pages will break. Being explicit about what you need in your templates helps in creating a stable community, as much as ease of use is important, stability is even more so.

010101

IanM Yes 🙌

IanM

010101 Right, just about to push some changes, standby!

IanM

010101 Ok, please understand this is still work-in-progress...

That said, please give this a whirl:
composer require ianm/syndication:"dev-master"

010101

IanM 😯Seems to work. I haven’t tested all settings or tried different feeds. But, the main functionality works! I successfully added the main discussion feed to a feed reader. 🙏

Let me know how I can send a donation for your time.

poVoq

Nice, thanks for updating this extension. It was always a must have for a forum in my view 😉

IanM Check it here: https://validator.w3.org/feed/

010101

luceos I get it. I was just venting about my own shortcomings. At the end of the day, I always go back to the fact that Flarum is one of the best open source projects in existence. And I know it has to continue to evolve over time to stay super healthy.

IanM

Now released

010101

IanM Yes! Don’t forget to tell me how to send the money. I see your email on GitHub I can reach out there first if you want. One option is I have a PayPal account. Even if you don’t have an account there I can send the money and then PayPal will prompt you to sign up to get the payment.

IanM

010101 I sent you a private discussion here on discuss, did it not come thru?

010101

IanM Now I see it, thank you!

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