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# RSS Feed
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## Introduction
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2012-09-18 09:42:21 +02:00
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Generating RSS/Atom-feeds is a matter of rendering a `[api:SS_List]` through
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the `[api:RSSFeed]` class.
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The `[api:RSSFeed]` class doesn't limit you to generating article based feeds,
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it is just as easy to create a feed of your current staff members, comments or
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any other custom `[api:DataObject]` subclasses you have defined. The only
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logical limitation here is that every item in the RSS-feed should be accessible
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through a URL on your website, so its advisable to just create feeds from sub
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classes of `[api:SiteTree]`.
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If you wish to generate an RSS feed for `[api:DataObject]` instances, ensure they
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define an AbsoluteLink() method.
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## Usage
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:::php
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RSSFeed::linkToFeed($link, $title)
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This line should go in your `[api:Controller]` subclass in the action you want
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to include the HTML link.
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:::php
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$feed = new RSSFeed(
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$list,
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$link,
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$title,
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$description,
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$titleField,
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$descriptionField,
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$authorField
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);
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Creates a new `[api:RSSFeed]` instance to be returned. The arguments notify
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SilverStripe what values to include in the feed.
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## Examples
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### Showing latest blog posts
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:::php
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class Page_Controller extends ContentController {
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public function init() {
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// linkToFeed will add an appropriate HTML link tag to the website
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// <head> tag to notify web browsers that an RSS feed is available
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// for this page. You can include as many feeds on the page as you
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// wish as long as each as a different link. For example:
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// ('blog/rss', 'staff/rss').
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//
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// In this example $this->Link("rss") refers to the *rss* function
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// we define below.
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RSSFeed::linkToFeed($this->Link("rss"), "RSS feed of this blog");
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parent::init();
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}
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public function rss() {
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// Creates a new RSS Feed list
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$rss = new RSSFeed(
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$list = $this->getBlogPosts(), // an SS_List containing your feed items
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$link = $this->Link("rss"), // a HTTP link to this feed
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$title = "My feed", // title for this feed, displayed in RSS readers
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$description = "This is an example feed." // description
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);
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// Outputs the RSS feed to the user.
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return $rss->outputToBrowser();
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}
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public function getBlogPosts() {
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return BlogPage::get()->limit(10);
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}
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}
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### Showing the 10 most recently updated pages
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You can use `[api:RSSFeed]` to easily create a feed showing your latest Page
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updates. Update mysite/code/Page.php to something like this:
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:::php
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<?php
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class Page extends SiteTree {}
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class Page_Controller extends ContentController {
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public function init() {
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RSSFeed::linkToFeed($this->Link() . "rss", "10 Most Recently Updated Pages");
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parent::init();
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}
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public function rss() {
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$rss = new RSSFeed($this->LatestUpdates(), $this->Link(), "10 Most Recently Updated Pages", "Shows a list of the 10 most recently updated pages.");
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return $rss->outputToBrowser();
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}
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public function LatestUpdates() {
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return Page::get()->sort("LastEdited", "DESC")->limit(10);
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}
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}
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### Rendering DataObjects in a RSSFeed
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DataObjects can be rendered in the feed as well, however, since they aren't explicitly
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`[api:SiteTree]` subclasses we need to include a function `AbsoluteLink` to allow the
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RSS feed to link through to the item.
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If the items are all displayed on a single page you may simply hard code the link to
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point to a particular page.
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Take an example, we want to create an RSS feed of all the Students, a DataObject we
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defined in the [fifth tutorial](/tutorials/5-dataobject-relationship-management).
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<?php
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class Student extends DataObject {
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public function AbsoluteLink() {
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// see tutorial 5, students are assigned a project, so the 'link'
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// to view the student is based on their projects link.
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return $this->Project()->AbsoluteLink();
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}
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}
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Then update the Page_Controller class in mysite/code/Page.php to include an RSSFeed
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for all the students as we've seen before.
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:::php
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class Page_Controller extends ContentController {
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public function init() {
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RSSFeed::linkToFeed($this->Link("students"), "Students feed");
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parent::init();
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}
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public function students() {
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$rss = new RSSFeed(
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$list = $this->getStudents(),
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$link = $this->Link("students"),
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$title = "Students feed"
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);
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return $rss->outputToBrowser();
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}
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public function getStudents() {
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return Student::get()->sort("Created", "DESC")->limit(10);
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}
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}
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### Customizing the RSS Feed template
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The default template used is framework/templates/RSSFeed.ss and includes
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displaying titles and links to the content. If you have a particular need
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for customizing the XML produced (say for additional meta data) use `setTemplate`.
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Taking that last example, we would rewrite the students function to include a
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unique template (write your own XML in themes/yourtheme/templates/Students.ss)
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public function students() {
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$rss = new RSSFeed(
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$list = $this->getStudents(),
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$link = $this->Link("students"),
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$title = "Students feed"
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);
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$rss->setTemplate('Students');
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return $rss->outputToBrowser();
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}
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## External Sources
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2011-03-08 22:05:51 +01:00
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`[api:RSSFeed]` only creates feeds from your own data. We've included the [SimplePie](http://simplepie.org) RSS-parser for
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accessing feeds from external sources.
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## Related
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* [blog module](http://silverstripe.org/blog-module)
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## API Documentation
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* `[api:RSSFeed]`
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