WebFetch Add-On

The WebFetch perl module available on CPAN is now supports direct RSS/Atom/etc feeds into TWiki pages. The WebFetch Add-on can store the configuration of WebFetch's feeds in a TWiki page. This add-on runs from cron periodically.

Usage

The script runs from cron. Configuration information is stored and editable via a TWiki page.

Add-On Installation Instructions

Note: You do not need to install anything on the browser to use this add-on. The following instructions are for the administrator who installs the add-on on the server where TWiki is running.

• Download the ZIP file from the Add-on Home (see below)
• Install WebFetch from CPAN
• Unzip WebFetchAddOn.zip in your twiki installation directory. Content:

• set crontab to run webfetch-twiki.pl with command-line options to set TWiki root directory, web name and topic name for the configuration page
  • The web defaults to Feeds (a web created by unpacking the zip file or subversion subtree) and the topic defaults to WebFetchConfig
• edit the WebFetchAddOn configuration page to control WebFetch feeds

Add-On Info

• Set SHORTDESCRIPTION = Control WebFetch news feeds from a TWiki page

Related Topic: TWikiAddOns

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