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RSS Feed and Private Twines

Note added by rpfiii on 10/04/2008
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Is there a way to set up an RSS feed (Google Reader) for a private Twine/twine thread?

If not, is there a workaround?



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by Phil Duby 6 weeks ago
For a private twine, you still need to supply the Twine user name and password for the reader to be able to get at it. I *think* the format is the same as before the change was done that allowed the public twines to be accessed without the password.

I *remember* seeing a syntax for including the needed information in the feed URL, but did not find the reference with a quick search.
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by rpfiii 6 weeks ago
That reference was prior to Twine opening up to atom feeds for RSS, and was a workaround solution developed by users that had partial functionality, depending on the target reader. It is also several sprint updates past.

Since that time, Twine has opened up access to all Public twines to anyone who wishes to view them Without a password or username at all.

My question is addressing the issue of Private Twines that apparently still do not have the capability of RSS feed, unless I am missing something. The link that is provided at the bottom of the page for a Private Twine to create an RSS html code simply does not allow feed access. Try it yourself and you'll see. There is no opportunity to provide user name and password. And the destination reader (google) returns a 404. Adding per the syntax from that reference is not functional. But then again, I'm not a code monkey, and crayons are hard to enter with.
by Nova Spivack 6 weeks ago
RSS / Atom feeds from private twines require authentication. Not all feed readers support authenticated RSS feeds. You have to use one that supports that. Then you will be able to provide credentials. On Windows try FeedDemon.
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by rpfiii 6 weeks ago
thanks Nova--will give it a shot...

Maybe one day, google will get it's act together, huh?
by James Todd 6 weeks ago
the (http basic auth) format is: http://usr:pwd@twine.com/feed/atom/entries/[path-to-resource]

private twine resources (as stated already but it can't hurt to repeat) require authentication for access, for all representations be it html, atom, rdf, etc.

public twine resources do not require authentication.
(Some HTML is OK)
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