rss-bridge

rss-bridge is a php script capable of generating ATOM feed for specific pages which don't have one.

Supported sites/pages

• FlickrExplore : Latest interesting images from Flickr.
• GoogleSearch : Most recent results from Google Search.
• Twitter : Twitter. Can return keyword/hashtag search or user timeline.
• Identi.ca : Identita user timeline (Should be compatible with other Pump.io instances).
• YouTube : YouTube user channel feed.
• Cryptome : Returns the most recent documents from Cryptome.org.

Output format

Output format can take several forms:

• Atom : ATOM Feed, for use in RSS/Feed readers
• Json : Json, for consumption by other applications.
• Html : Simple html page.
• Plaintext : raw text (php object, as returned by print_r)

Screenshot

Welcome screen:

Minecraft hashtag (#Minecraft) search on Twitter, in ATOM format (as displayed by Firefox):

Requirements

• php 5.3
• PHP Simple HTML DOM Parser. (Put simple_html_dom.php in vendor/simplehtmldom/).
• Ssl lib activated in PHP config

Author

I'm sebsauvage, webmaster of sebsauvage.net, author of Shaarli and ZeroBin.

Patch :

• Yves ASTIER (Draeli) : PHP optimizations, fixes, dynamic brigde/format list with all stuff behind and extend cache system. Mail : contact@yves-astier.com
• Mitsukarenai : Initial inspiration, TwitterBridge, IdenticaBridge, YoutubeBridge.

Licence

Code is public domain.

Technical notes

• There is a cache so that source services won't ban you even if you hammer the rss-bridge with requests. Each bridge has a different duration for the cache. The cache subdirectory will be automatically created. You can purge it whenever you want.
• To implement a new rss-bridge, create a new class in bridges subdirectory. Look at existing bridges for examples. For items you generate in $this->items, only uri and title are mandatory in each item. timestamp and content are optional but recommended. Any additional key will be ignored by ATOM feed (but outputed to jSon).

Rant

Dear so-called "social" websites.

Your catchword is <20>share<72>, but you don't want us to share. You want to keep us within your walled gardens. That's why you've been removing RSS links from webpages, hiding them deep on your website, or removed RSS entirely, replacing it with crippled or demented proprietary API. FUCK YOU.

You're not social when you hamper sharing by removing RSS. You're happy to have customers create content for your ecosystem, but you don't want this content out - a content you do not even own. Google Takeout is just a gimmick. We want our data to flow, we want RSS.

We want to share with friends, using open protocols: RSS, XMPP, whatever. Because no one wants to have your service with your applications using your API forced-feeded to them. Friends must be free to choose whatever software and service they want.

We are rebuilding bridges your have wilfully destroyed.

Get your shit together: Put RSS back in.