factor/basis/syndication/syndication-docs.factor

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USING: help.markup help.syntax io.streams.string strings urls
calendar xml.data xml.writer present ;
IN: syndication
HELP: entry
{ $description "An Atom or RSS feed entry. Has the following slots:"
{ $table
{ "Name" "Class" }
{ "title" { $link string } }
{ "url" { "any class supported by " { $link present } } }
{ "description" { $link string } }
{ "date" { $link timestamp } }
}
} ;
HELP: <entry>
{ $values { "entry" entry } }
{ $description "Creates a new entry." } ;
HELP: feed
{ $description "An Atom or RSS feed. Has the following slots:"
{ $table
{ "Name" "Class" }
{ "title" { $link string } }
{ "url" { "any class supported by " { $link present } } }
{ "entries" { "a sequence of " { $link entry } " instances" } }
}
} ;
HELP: <feed>
{ $values { "feed" feed } }
{ $description "Creates a new feed." } ;
HELP: download-feed
{ $values { "url" url } { "feed" feed } }
{ $description "Downloads a feed from a URL using the " { $link "http.client" } "." } ;
HELP: parse-feed
{ $values { "seq" "a string or a byte array" } { "feed" feed } }
{ $description "Parses a feed." } ;
HELP: xml>feed
{ $values { "xml" xml } { "feed" feed } }
{ $description "Parses a feed in XML form." } ;
HELP: feed>xml
{ $values { "feed" feed } { "xml" xml } }
{ $description "Converts a feed to Atom XML form." }
{ $notes "The result of this word can then be passed to " { $link write-xml } ", or stored in an HTTP response object." } ;
ARTICLE: "syndication" "Atom and RSS feed syndication"
"The " { $vocab-link "syndication" } " vocabulary implements support for reading Atom and RSS feeds, and writing Atom feeds."
$nl
"Data types:"
{ $subsections
feed
<feed>
entry
<entry>
}
"Reading feeds:"
{ $subsections
download-feed
parse-feed
xml>feed
}
"Writing feeds:"
{ $subsections feed>xml }
"The " { $vocab-link "furnace.syndication" } " vocabulary builds on top of this vocabulary to enable easy generation of Atom feeds from web applications. The " { $vocab-link "webapps.planet" } " vocabulary is a complete example of a web application which reads and exports feeds."
{ $see-also "urls" } ;
ABOUT: "syndication"