Documentation: files/feed.php

files/feed.php - List new files in the RSS 2.0 format

This script gives the list of the newest published files, with following information:

title - the title or name of the file
link - the absolute url to view the download page
guid
description - file description, if any
pubDate - the date and time of file last modification
dc:creator - the initial poster
enclosure - a link to download the file

Here is a sample item from a test feed:

<item>
	<title>40stars.gif</title>
	<link>http://127.0.0.1/yacs/files/view.php/19</link>
	<guid isPermaLink="true">http://127.0.0.1/yacs/files/view.php/19</guid>
	<description></description>
	<dc:creator>Bernard</dc:creator>
	<category>40stars.gif</category>
	<pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2004 23:13:48 GMT</pubDate>
	<enclosure url="http://127.0.0.1/yacs/files/article/396/40stars.gif" length="1153" type="application/download"/>
</item>

If following features are enabled, this script will use them:

compression - Through gzip, we have observed a shift from 3566 bytes to 881 bytes, meaning one Ethernet frame rather than three
cache - Cache is supported through ETag and by setting Content-Length; Also, Cache-Control enables caching for some time, even through HTTPS

Anonymous access is authorized, but only public files will be listed.

This feeder can be constrained to list files related to articles placed one single section. Therefore, it becomes quite easy to implement podcasting or appcasting. Create a dedicated section and populate it with articles and attached files. Then use this script to fetch files only from the dedicated section.

Accept following invocations:

feed.php
feed.php/section/12
feed.php?section=12

This script is a reference file of this system.

Voir aussi:

Licence: GNU Lesser General Public License

Auteurs:

Bernard Paques bernard.paques@bigfoot.com

Reste à faire:

derive this to links as well (pat)
support Media RSS from yahoo http://search.yahoo.com/mrss