On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 6:02 PM, elij <elij...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 3:36 PM, Aaron Griffin <aaronmgrif...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Flickr actually has two APIs - a feed based one and a REST based >> "ajax" API. Both accept a format=foo parameter and json is allowed for >> both sets. >> >> * Is the AUR's rss feed generated per request? Or is it a static output file? >> * If it's generated, why not simply use the same "format=" thing here. >> >> Note that Flickr finds it totally acceptable and ideal to use feeds in >> addition to their API > > As I recall, the feed is generated, then saved to a static file. This > static file is then served up php script reads it to stdout if not > expired, until such time as it expires. Then it is generated again. > > It appears to work that way as an artifact of the php class/import > that is being used. There appears to be no option (without adding it > yourself) to either use an alternate cache mechanism (memcached) or to > return the feed in alternate formats (other than rss2.0). > > This is _mostly_ painting the shed though (or format war, tabs vs > spaces, etc). Yet, for some reason this just doesn't 'smell' right to > me though. I can be a bit conservative at times though. > > It just seems to me that, getting a list of the latest updates is .. > wait for ... what feeds are for.
Yes, exactly... but a "feed" doesn't always have to be RSS :)
