Ask PG: Can you fix the HN RSS feed?

#1

Post by esert » Sat, Jun 15, 2013, 6:51 PM UTC

Until sometime yesterday (maybe a little earlier) HN RSS feed items had links to the submitted urls while there was a separate link to the comments. It was very convenient to check interesting items from an rss reader.

Now both of them linking to the comments and I can't check the submitted link without first opening the comments.

Can we go back to the earlier rss feed style?

Re: Ask PG: Can you fix the HN RSS feed?

#2

Post by kogir » Sat, Jun 15, 2013, 8:03 PM UTC

What reader are you using?

The feed complies with RSS 2.0[1]. Specifically, for each item:

  title: The HN title
  link: The submitted link
  comments: The HN comments link
  guid: unique per item
  description: html linking to comments

Since the link hasn't changed, I'm unsure why you're having problems.

[1] http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html#hrelementsOfLtitem...

Re: Ask PG: Can you fix the HN RSS feed?

#3

Post by kogir » Sat, Jun 15, 2013, 8:20 PM UTC

kogir wrote: post #2

What reader are you using? The feed complies with RSS 2.0[1]. Specifically, for each item: title: The HN title link: The submitted link comments: The HN comments link guid: unique per item description: html linking to comments Since the link hasn't changed, I'm unsure why you're having problems. [1] http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html#hrelementsOfLtitem...

Oops, turns out that some readers used the guid instead of the link if it was a URL. Fixed?

Re: Ask PG: Can you fix the HN RSS feed?

#4

Post by esert » Sat, Jun 15, 2013, 8:45 PM UTC

It seems feed items are back to normal now.

Re: Ask PG: Can you fix the HN RSS feed?

#5

Post by jack-r-abbit » Mon, Jun 17, 2013, 5:30 PM UTC

kogir wrote: post #3

kogir wrote: post #2

What reader are you using? The feed complies with RSS 2.0[1]. Specifically, for each item: title: The HN title link: The submitted link comments: The HN comments link guid: unique per item description: html linking to comments Since the link hasn't changed, I'm unsure why you're having problems. [1] http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html#hrelementsOfLtitem...

Oops, turns out that some readers used the guid instead of the link if it was a URL. Fixed?

Still broken for me using Google Reader.

Re: Ask PG: Can you fix the HN RSS feed?

#6

Post by samspenc » Mon, Jun 17, 2013, 6:53 PM UTC

jack-r-abbit wrote: post #5

kogir wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oops, turns out that some readers used the guid instead of the link if it was a URL. Fixed?

Still broken for me using Google Reader.

Ditto, not working for me in Feedly either.

Re: Ask PG: Can you fix the HN RSS feed?

#7

Post by jack-r-abbit » Mon, Jun 17, 2013, 11:03 PM UTC

jack-r-abbit wrote: post #5

kogir wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oops, turns out that some readers used the guid instead of the link if it was a URL. Fixed?

Still broken for me using Google Reader.

I just got a flood of updates in Reader that are dupes of what I had already seen... but this time the links are correct. Not sure what's going on but I'm happy to have my feed back to normal.

Re: Ask PG: Can you fix the HN RSS feed?

#8

Post by samspenc » Tue, Jun 18, 2013, 10:43 PM UTC

jack-r-abbit wrote: post #7

jack-r-abbit wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Still broken for me using Google Reader.

I just got a flood of updates in Reader that are dupes of what I had already seen... but this time the links are correct. Not sure what's going on but I'm happy to have my feed back to normal.

Yes fixed for me as well!