Hi Jeremy, There has been no announcement of deprecation - much less discontinuation - > for the Google Feed API that I've seen. However, it should be noted that > the Feed API's TOS explicitly state that the deprecation policy (which says > Google will give three years' notice before discontinuing the service) will > no longer be applicable from April 20, 2015. (I.e., the service may be > discontinued at any time, with or without warning, after that date.) >
I didn't know that. Thanks for the information! > That said, feeds have always been cached, so there has always been a delay > between an update of the live feed and such updates appearing via the Feed > API. If you would like to ensure the freshest available content, the > quickest and easiest workaround is to add a cache-busting parameter to the > end of your feed URL, as in the JS example below: > > var url = 'http://www.mysite.com/path/to/my/feed.rss?nocache=' + (new > Date).getTime(); > > This will almost ensure a unique feed url every time you request the feed, > and so the API's backend will go crawl the feed as though it was new. > > Of course, this could also introduce the possibility - particularly if > your server is slow in returning the feed - that the API times out and > returns an error about being unable to fetch the feed. So you'll want to > make sure you have logic to handle that and send the same request a second > time if necessary. > Yes, unfortunately it seems that your trick always times out for my feeds. Anyways, your advice is really helpful. Thanks a lot! Regards, -- tamo > On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 5:45 AM, Tamotsu TAKAHASHI <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Has Feed-API been stopped, or am I just too impatient? I don't see any >> updates on my feeds for a number of days. >> The feeds (fullrss.net) *are* updated in fact if I access the feeds >> *directly*. So it seems that Google servers are returning their old >> cached data. >> I've used the API (and haven't changed the script) for months. Until July >> 20th, I hadn't seen such a long delay. (IIRC the longest was a day or less) >> >> - >> >> http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/services/feed/load?v=1.0&callback=jQuery17205867757727392018_1406629302993&q=http%3A%2F%2Ffullrss.net%2Fa%2Fhttp%2Fnekomemo.com%2Findex.rdf&num=30&output=json_xml&_=1406629303138 >> - >> >> http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/services/feed/load?v=1.0&callback=jQuery17205867757727392018_1406629302992&q=http%3A%2F%2Ffullrss.net%2Fa%2Fhttp%2Fblog.goo.ne.jp%2Fkuru0214%2Findex.rdf&num=4&output=json_xml&_=1406629303135 >> >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Google AJAX APIs" group. >> To post to this group, send email to >> [email protected] <javascript:> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] <javascript:> >> To view this message on the web, visit >> >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-ajax-search-api/152d4fbc-15c4-4ad4-8e93-5374063a3429%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-ajax-search-api/152d4fbc-15c4-4ad4-8e93-5374063a3429%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/google-ajax-search-api?hl=en?hl=en >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Google AJAX APIs" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Jeremy R. Geerdes > Generally Cool Guy > Des Moines, IA > > If you're in the Des Moines, IA, area, check out Debra Heights Wesleyan > Church! > http://www.debraheightswesleyan.org > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google AJAX APIs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] To view this message on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-ajax-search-api/702331d5-33be-4990-897d-2dc2d7b08259%40googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-ajax-search-api?hl=en?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google AJAX APIs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
