Add feed export format (RSS & Atom)
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	• Samwilson
	Aug 6 2020, 10:22 AM

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RSS would be a good query result format to add, so that wiki content can more easily be syndicated elsewhere.

MediaWiki has built-in renderers for Atom and RSS, so both can be supported.

The query options should be along the lines of:

{{#cargo_query: tables = posts
| fields = _pageName, publication_date, description, author
| format = feed
| feed type = rss
| feed title = News From Nowhere
| feed description = Lorem ipsum.
| link text = Subscribe to news
}}

It'll use the first date field found for the publication date. The title should be _pageName or a field with alias title.

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	Subject	Author	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	Add new 'feed' display format	Samwilson	mediawiki/extensions/Cargo	master	+273 -5

Customize query in gerrit

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• Samwilson created this task.Aug 6 2020, 10:22 AM

Restricted Application added a subscriber: Aklapper. · View Herald TranscriptAug 6 2020, 10:22 AM

@Yaron_Koren I'm happy to work on this; do you think it's a good idea?

As a Cargo user, I agree that it would be a good idea.

Currently I turn a Cargo query (with "ul" result format) into an RSS feed with the archived Extension:Bullet_Feed. That extension didn't work properly in the first place, and I've had to modify it with nearly every MW upgrade for years, so it would be easier to have this functionality built into Cargo itself.

Yes, I agree with this too! I don't remember anyone asking about this before, but (clearly) that doesn't mean that no one is interested in it. @Samwilson - if you're willing to create the format(s) for it, that would be great.

Is anyone still using Atom? Maybe they are; I have no idea.