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Ask HN: Simplest way to make an RSS feed?
Wondering if there's a way to make an RSS feed as a raw markdown endpoint or something that I could write an update script for myself and just run as a github page maybe.
RSS seems like the answer to a lot of my silly problems but I just want to keep it as simple as possible.
Obviously I don't know much about it yet but excited to learn more.
- altneu 5y agoRSS is a simple format. https://www.w3schools.com/xml/xml_rss.asp https://www.w3schools.com/xml/xml_rss.asp There are numerous ways to create an RSS feed, depends what language you like. I used PHP mainly to format the output, loop through a DB of entries or text files even. Very easy to do.
- pkdpic 5y agoThanks! I'm always a fan of W3schools for markdowny stuff like this.
- pkdpic 5y agoAfter thinking a little more about it though I guess what Im wondering is what the simplest way to create a usable rss feed is. Im fine with setting up a backend of some kind if need be, but it seemed like it might be something that could be done as just an .rss file hosted on a frontend page through github pages. Not sure if that makes sense but doing my best to describe the question. :-/
- theandrewbailey 5y agoRSS is XML-based. You will need to convert your data into it first before serving it. I've built some RSS feeds, and it's not hard. In fact, I use RSS as an important part of my blog's backup and restore system.