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Rss/xml Feeds Of Cache Data


outpostbabu

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If there doesn't already exist an RSS or XML feed for "my cache finds" or "new caches matching some criteria", that would be a nice addition. I'd like to have my profile/caches found linked to my website but updated via geocaching.org. For example, if I find a new cache, the RSS feed would update my site with the information and provide a link back to geocaching.org. Could be a good way to spread the word via some free "advertising" on other people's personal sites.

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Yeah screen-scraping is one way around it but I'd prefer a clean feed that didn't depend on parsing arbitrary HTML. It would also make possible the development of 3rd-party software that could enhance the use of the site for people like me.

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there is for the forums ( http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/rss.php ) but I find that the forums posts change so quickly that the rss feed misses out an awful lot of posts.

You can slow it down a little by vieiwing the feeds by forum section. The Northwest US section is 21, it's posted in the URL as showforum=8. Applying that to the RSS feed -

 

http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/rss.php?forum=21

 

Edit to mention that for some reason some sections such as the 'Web Site' section don;t work for some reason. Most do though!

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