From: Paul Duncan <pabs@...>
Date: 2004-04-20T01:39:59+09:00
Subject: Google News via RSS (was Re: [ANN] Raggle 0.3.1)

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* Paul Duncan (pabs@pablotron.org) wrote:
> * Paul Duncan (pabs@pablotron.org) wrote:
> > * Paul William (maillist@bestworldweb.homelinux.com) wrote:
> > > I saw in the screenshot there were google feeds?!?!?
> >=20
> > Yeah, I think it's a screenscrape.  Here's the URL:
> >=20
> >   http://google.blogspace.com/index.xml
>=20
> There's also these:
>=20
>   http://googlenews.74d.com/
>=20
> If you google for "google news RSS" there are several screenscrapes out
> there.

Sorry to reply to myself again, but it looks like Google is kind of
pissy about people screenscraping their news:

  http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/article.php/3334651

Just a heads-up to anyone thinking about writing their own.

> > > Paul Duncan wrote:
> > > >Hi,
> > > >
> > > >We just released version 0.3.1 of Raggle.  Raggle is a console RSS
> > > >aggregator, written in Ruby.  Features include customizable keybindi=
ngs,
> > > >basic console HTML rendering, HTTP authentication and proxy support,
> > > >OPML import/export, themes, support for various versions of RSS, Scr=
een
> > > >support. browser auto-detection, and more.  This release of Raggle a=
lso
> > > >includes a preliminary template-based web interface (via WEBrick) and
> > > >Win32 support.
> > > >
> > > >Changes Since 0.3.0:
> > > >* documentation updates, added Table of Contents and FAQ
> > > >* browser_cmd config check (if we're upgrading from a pre-0.3 version
> > > >  of Raggle, warn about an incompatible version of this directive)
> > > >* --import-opml takes a URL now (suggested by Doug Kearns)
> > > >* applied action_insert_link_ref patch submitted by Ralf Hortsmann
> > > >* fix thread reap error reported by Grant Bowman
> > > >
> > > >(a complete list of changes is available at the URL below)
> > > >
> > > >URLs:
> > > >Web Site:  http://www.raggle.org/
> > > >RSS Feed:  http://www.raggle.org/rss/
> > > >Download:  http://www.raggle.org/files/raggle-0.3.1.tar.gz
> > > >Signature: http://www.raggle.org/files/raggle-0.3.1.tar.gz.asc
> > > >ChangeLog: http://www.raggle.org/files/ChangeLog-0.3.1
> > > >
> > > >Comments, questions, and feature requests are always welcome, and sh=
ould
> > > >be directed at either me personally, or the Raggle mailing list
> > > >(raggle-dev@raggle.org).
> > > >
> > >=20
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> > Paul Duncan <pabs@pablotron.org>        pabs in #ruby-lang (OPN IRC)
> > http://www.pablotron.org/               OpenPGP Key ID: 0x82C29562
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>=20
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> Paul Duncan <pabs@pablotron.org>        pabs in #ruby-lang (OPN IRC)
> http://www.pablotron.org/               OpenPGP Key ID: 0x82C29562



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