Plugin: FeedGrab

I have about 250MB worth of html log files that the plugin is creating. Is there any way to disable this? I delet all the files and they reapear..

They are just lists of actions, checking a feed to see if it’s updated or not.. but 250mb worth.. !

I have a new version of the FeedGrab plugin available which is multiple site compatible.

A site_id parameter has been added to select which site to import the data into, eg, site_id=”2”. If you are not using MSM, just ignore the parameter.

From now on - to keep things simpler - please see the FeedGrab page to download current version. I will continue to announce updates in this thread.

Thanks, Andrew

This plugin is exactly what I’ve been looking for! My one complaint (not really a complaint) with it so far is that the Plugins page still is not loading – just has a blank screen. I use that page a lot when I’m looking at the syntax to use for other plugins, so it’s a big bummer it breaks the page.

Does anyone have any ideas how to make the Plugins page come back to life with FeedGrab installed?

Edit: Also, I’m getting a “?” in place of apostrophes. Thoughts?

Thanks,

Doug

I’ve just updated the plugin and have hopefully fixed the plugin manager problem.

FeedGrab download available here

Let me know of any problems.

Andrew

Thanks Andrew. Looks like that did the trick. Welcome back Plugin Manager. 😊

Any ideas on how to fix the “?” problem with the encoding?

I’ve just updated the plugin (again). This might help with some characters getting converted to question marks.

FeedGrab download available here

Again, let me know of any problems.

Andrew

Wow - you’re on a roll! Fixed my character encoding problems! Thank you soooo much! This plugin is great.

-Doug

Andrew -

In addition to using this on our existing EE sites, we have a WordPress blog that we’ve been wanting to transfer to EE. Would this (or your XMLGrab plugins be good methods for doing that? Or is there a different method you would recommend?

Thanks again,

Doug

Hi Doug,

Glad it’s working for you. Both have been problems for quite some time…

To migrate the data I’d suggest seeing if you can using the MT Import option first as this will handle user comments better. Failing that, either of the plugins should help.

Andrew

OK, thank you much.

-Doug

Hey Andrew -

Sorry to keep bugging you. I just updated my version of the plugin so there is a status=”” parameter in the exp:feedgrab template tag. That way, I can feed in what I want the status to be. The reason I needed this specifically is because our default status is Draft (since we have a ton of writers and don’t want things published by accident), and we wanted items that are “grabbed” by FeedGrab to be posted to the site immediately.

I think this would probably be a worthwhile update to the plugin if you’re down with that. Obviously a very simple update to the plugin, but let me know if you just want my code.

Thanks,

Doug

Hi Doug,

That sounds a handy extension. If you could send through your code I’ll see if I can merge it into the next release.

Thanks, Andrew

hi andrew.

very nice plugin! exactly what i was looking for. one issue though 😉

i’m trying to import my friendfeed feed and can’t seem to grab the contents on a lower level. that’s the structure (from their api):

entries[]
  id 
  title
  link
  published
  updated
  hidden
  user{}
        id - the user's FriendFeed UUID
        name - the user's full name
        nickname - the user's FriendFeed nickname, used in FriendFeed URLs
        profileUrl - the user's profile URL on FriendFeed
  service{} - the service from which the entry came
        id - the service's FriendFeed ID, e.g., "picasa"
        name - the service's official name, e.g., "Picasa Web Albums"
        iconUrl - the URL of the favicon for this service
        profileUrl - the user's profile URL on this service

 …

it works well with »id«, »title«, »published« etc. the bits i’m also interested in are »service name«, »user nickname« and so forth.

in the »go« template i tried »service/name« but no luck.

question now is how do i get them? i’m pretty sure that’s an easy task but can’t see it.

thanks!

klick