RSS and Atom in Action; Building Applications with Blog Technologies

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• ISBN13: 9781932394498
• ISBN10: 1932394494
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2005-09-01
• Publisher: Manning Publications

Summary

At heart, Blogs, Wikis, and Feeds in Action is a programming book. It relies on numerous examples in Java and C# to teach the reader how to parse Atom and RSS format newsfeeds, how to generate valid newsfeeds, how serve them efficiently, and how to automate blogging via web services based on the new Atom protocol and the older MetaWeblog API. The book shows how to develop a complete blog client library that readers can use in their own applications. The second half of the book is devoted to a dozen blog apps - small but immediately useful example applications based on blog, wiki, and newsfeed technologies.

Author Biography

Dave Johnson is an experienced software developer, technology enthusiast, and expert in blog technologies. He started blogging in 2002 using Java-based blogging software that he developed called Roller. Roller now drives the ground-breaking employee blogs at Sun Microsystems, is used by thousands of bloggers on JRoller.com and other sites, and is a successful open source project. Dave now works at Sun where developing Roller and promoting blog technologies is his full-time job.

Table of Contents

foreword	xix
preface	xxi
acknowledgments	xxiii
about this book	xxiv
PART 1 PROGRAMMING THE WRITABLE WEB	1	(246)
What you need to know first	3	(13)
What you need to know about Java or C#	4	(1)
What you need to know about web development	5	(1)
Web services	5	(1)
Java web development	5	(1)
C# web development	5	(1)
Running scheduled tasks	6	(1)
What you need to know about XML	6	(1)
Java XML tools	6	(1)
C# XML tools	6	(1)
Blog technology terminology	7	(1)
The components we'll use	8	(2)
Blog application building blocks	8	(2)
Organization of the book	10	(4)
The Blogapps examples	14	(1)
Summary	15	(1)
New ways of collaborating	16	(12)
Research blogging	17	(3)
Status blogging	20	(1)
Build blogging	21	(1)
Blogging the business	22	(3)
Nina's and Rangu's grand plan	25	(2)
Summary	27	(1)
Development kick-start	28	(12)
Blog server setup	29	(2)
The Blog Poster example	31	(1)
Invoking Blog Poster	32	(1)
Blog Poster for Java	32	(3)
Running Blog Poster for Java	35	(1)
Blog Poster for C#	35	(4)
Running Blog Poster for C#	38	(1)
Summary	39	(1)
Under the hood	40	(16)
Anatomy of a blog server	41	(8)
Blog server data model	42	(1)
Anatomy of a blog entry	43	(2)
Users, privileges, and group blogs	45	(1)
Blog server architecture	46	(3)
Anatomy of a wiki server	49	(3)
Wiki server data model	49	(2)
Wiki server architecture	51	(1)
Choosing a blog or wiki server	52	(3)
Narrowing your choices	52	(1)
Comparing blog and wiki servers	53	(2)
Summary	55	(1)
Newsfeed formats	56	(23)
The birth of RSS	57	(4)
RSS 0.91	57	(2)
The elements of RSS 0.91	59	(2)
The RDF fork: RSS 1.0	61	(4)
The elements of RSS 1.0	62	(1)
Extending RSS 1.0 with modules	63	(2)
The simple fork: RSS 2.0	65	(3)
The elements of RSS 2.0	65	(2)
Enclosures and podcasting	67	(1)
Extending RSS 2.0	67	(1)
The nine incompatible versions of RSS	68	(2)
The new standard: Atom	70	(7)
Atom by example	70	(1)
Atom common constructs	71	(2)
The elements of Atom	73	(1)
Atom identifiers	74	(1)
The Atom content model	75	(1)
Podcasting with Atom	76	(1)
Summary	77	(2)
How to parse newsfeeds	79	(30)
The possibilities	80	(1)
Parsing with an XML parser	81	(10)
Parsing RSS 1.0	81	(2)
Parsing RSS 2.0	83	(3)
Parsing Atom	86	(5)
Parsing with a newsfeed library	91	(6)
The Universal Feed Parser for Python	91	(1)
The ROME newsfeed utilities	92	(1)
Jakarta Feed Parser for Java	93	(2)
The Windows RSS Platform	95	(2)
Developing a newsfeed parser	97	(7)
AnyFeedParser for Java	98	(6)
Fetching newsfeeds efficiently	104	(4)
HTTP conditional GET	104	(2)
Other techniques	106	(2)
Summary	108	(1)
The Windows RSS Platform	109	(31)
Windows RSS Platform overview	110	(7)
Browse, search, and subscribe with IE7	111	(2)
Components of the Windows RSS Platform	113	(4)
Managing subscriptions with the Common Feed List	117	(7)
Getting started with the Common Feed List	117	(3)
Creating subscriptions	120	(1)
Monitoring events	121	(3)
Parsing newsfeeds with the Feeds API	124	(6)
A simple newsfeed parsing example	125	(1)
Parsing extension elements and funky RSS	126	(4)
Windows RSS Platform newsfeed extensions	130	(9)
Common Feed (CF) extensions	131	(3)
Simple List Extensions (SLE)	134	(2)
Simple Sharing Extensions (SSE)	136	(3)
Summary	139	(1)
The ROME newsfeed utilities	140	(37)
Introducing ROME	141	(7)
How ROME works	142	(4)
ROME limitations	146	(1)
The ROME subprojects	146	(2)
Parsing newsfeeds with ROME	148	(10)
Parsing to the SyndFeed model	148	(2)
Parsing funky RSS	150	(2)
Parsing to the RSS model	152	(2)
Parsing to the Atom model	154	(4)
Fetching newsfeeds with ROME	158	(3)
How the ROME Fetcher works	158	(1)
Using the ROME Fetcher	159	(2)
Generating newsfeeds with ROME	161	(2)
Extending ROME	163	(13)
The ROME plug-in architecture	164	(2)
Adding new modules to ROME	166	(5)
Overriding ROME	171	(5)
Summary	176	(1)
How to serve newsfeeds	177	(29)
The possibilities	178	(1)
The basics	179	(6)
Which newsfeed formats to support?	179	(1)
How to indicate newsfeeds are available?	179	(2)
Static or dynamic?	181	(1)
Which generator?	182	(1)
Ensuring well-formed XML	182	(1)
Validating newsfeeds	183	(2)
File Depot examples	185	(1)
Generating newsfeeds with Java	186	(6)
Implementing the File Depot in Java	186	(1)
Generating the File Depot newsfeed in Java	187	(3)
Serving the File Depot newsfeed in Java	190	(2)
Generating newsfeeds with C#	192	(5)
Implementing the File Depot in C#	193	(1)
Generating the File Depot newsfeed in C#	193	(3)
Serving the File Depot newsfeed with C#	196	(1)
Serving newsfeeds efficiently	197	(8)
Server-side caching	197	(1)
Web proxy caching	198	(1)
Client-side caching	199	(1)
Compression	199	(1)
Caching and compression in a Java web application	199	(3)
Caching and compression in a C# Web application	202	(3)
Summary	205	(1)
Publishing with XML-RPC based APIs	206	(21)
Why XML-RPC?	207	(3)
Making a method call	207	(3)
The Blogger API	210	(1)
The MetaWeblog API	211	(2)
The same metadata as RSS	211	(1)
Six new methods that complement the Blogger API	212	(1)
Building a blog client with C# and XML-RPC	213	(11)
Why a blog client library?	213	(1)
Three blog client library interfaces	214	(3)
Implementing the blog client library in C#	217	(7)
Using the blog client library	224	(1)
Summary	225	(2)
Publishing with Atom	227	(20)
Why Atom?	228	(1)
Why not XML-RPC or SOAP?	228	(1)
How Atom protocol works	229	(11)
Discovery and collections	229	(1)
Atom protocol from the command line	230	(1)
Discovering Atom resources and services	231	(4)
Posting and updating blog entries	235	(3)
Posting and updating media files	238	(2)
Building a blog client with Atom protocol	240	(6)
Atom does more	240	(2)
Expanding the blog client interfaces	242	(2)
Atom blog client implementation	244	(1)
Atom blog client in action	245	(1)
Summary	246	(1)
PART 2 BLOG APPS	247	(114)
Creating a group blog via aggregation	249	(12)
Introducing Planet Tool	250	(1)
Configuring Planet Tool	251	(2)
Creating templates for Planet Tool	253	(3)
Running Planet Tool	256	(1)
Planet Tool object reference	256	(3)
Under the hood	259	(1)
Summary	260	(1)
Searching and monitoring the Web	261	(17)
Technorati.com: Conversation search engine	262	(3)
Subscribing to Technorati watchlists	264	(1)
Monitoring tags with Technorati	264	(1)
The Technorati API	265	(6)
Getting a Technorati API key	266	(1)
Calling the Technorati API	266	(5)
Other blog search services	271	(3)
Open Search: The future of search?	274	(2)
Open Search description format	274	(1)
Open Search result elements	275	(1)
Why Open Search?	276	(1)
Summary	276	(2)
Keeping your blog in sync	278	(8)
Designing Cross Poster for C#	279	(1)
Design limitations	280	(1)
Configuring Cross Poster for C#	280	(1)
The code for Cross Poster for C#	281	(4)
Running Cross Poster for C# and Java	285	(1)
Summary	285	(1)
Blog by sending email	286	(6)
Designing Mail Blogger for C#	287	(1)
Configuring Mail Blogger for C#	287	(1)
The code for Mail Blogger for C#	288	(3)
Running Mail Blogger for C# and Java	291	(1)
Summary	291	(1)
Sending a daily blog digest by email	292	(7)
Designing Blog Digest for C#	293	(1)
Design limitations	293	(1)
Configuring Blog Digest for C#	293	(1)
The code for Blog Digest for C#	294	(4)
Running Blog Digest for C# and Java	298	(1)
Summary	298	(1)
Blog your software build process	299	(10)
Blogging from Ant	300	(8)
Base blog task	301	(3)
Post blog entry task	304	(2)
Post blog resource task	306	(2)
Summary	308	(1)
Blog from a chat room	309	(11)
A wiki-blogging chatbot	310	(9)
Chat Blogger design	310	(1)
Chat Blogger guidelines	311	(1)
Chat Blogger configuration	312	(1)
Chat Blogger construction	313	(1)
Chat Blogger implementation	314	(4)
Running Chat Blogger	318	(1)
Summary	319	(1)
Distribute files podcast style	320	(13)
Designing FileCaster	321	(2)
The podcast server	322	(1)
Implementing FileCaster	323	(2)
FileCaster upload page	325	(5)
FileCaster newsfeed	330	(2)
Running FileCaster	332	(1)
Room for improvement	332	(1)
Summary	332	(1)
Automatically download podcasts	333	(7)
Designing FileCatcher	334	(1)
Implementing FileCatcher	335	(3)
Running FileCatcher for C#	338	(1)
Summary	339	(1)
Automatically validate newsfeeds	340	(7)
Getting started	341	(1)
Setting up Python	341	(1)
Setting up Feed Validator	341	(1)
Implementing auto-validator	342	(2)
Running auto-validator	344	(2)
Using Windows Scheduled Tasks	345	(1)
Using UNIX cron	346	(1)
Summary	346	(1)
The best of the rest	347	(14)
Monitor anything	348	(3)
Monitor the weather	348	(1)
Shop with your newsfeed reader	349	(1)
Use newsfeeds to monitor eBay auctions	350	(1)
Monitor upcoming events via calendar newsfeeds	350	(1)
Turn mailing lists into newsfeeds	351	(1)
Syndicate everything	351	(2)
Syndicate operating system and network events	352	(1)
Syndicate vehicle status	352	(1)
Syndicate your logs	352	(1)
Tag the Web	353	(2)
Create a tagged link blog with del.icio.us	353	(1)
Create a tagged photo blog with Flickr.com	353	(1)
Tag your blog entries with Technorati Tags	354	(1)
Geotag the Web	354	(1)
Aggregate yourself	355	(1)
Create an aggregated blog with Planet Tool	355	(1)
Mix your own newsfeeds with Feedburner.com	356	(1)
Get the word out	356	(1)
Bring your bloggers together with aggregation	356	(1)
Bring bloggers together with tagging	356	(1)
Track news and blogs to find the conversations	357	(1)
Open up your web site	357	(1)
Open up your site with newsfeeds, protocols, and tagging	357	(1)
Syndicate your search results with A9 Open Search	357	(1)
Build your own intranet blogosphere	358	(1)
Unite internal communities with aggregation	358	(1)
Build a folksonomy of your intranet	358	(1)
Blog your software project	358	(2)
Use newsfeeds to syndicate source code changes	359	(1)
Pull software documentation from a wiki	359	(1)
Summary	360	(1)
index	361