> On 22 Jul 2014, at 12:02 , Arno Hautala <a...@alum.wpi.edu> wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 1:26 PM, LuKreme <krem...@kreme.com> wrote: >> How do I create an rss feed with authentication on my Mac that will update >> as I add files to a directory? > > That's the part I was getting at when I mentioned an podcast "server". > Yes, it's just an RSS feed, but you want something that's going to > build and update that feed and handle authentication. The > authentication could just be HTTP BasicAuth, but you're still looking > for something to manage the feed generation.
Once I figured out the right question, I came across this: <http://reinventedsoftware.com/feeder/> Haven’t had a chance to look into it. > You could do this pretty quickly with Python, or any other language, > but I'm not aware of anything that's already assembled. Good point. Maybe I can whip something up that’s good enough in php. I’ll google for that as well. > It would just basically have to monitor that folder (launchd could > monitor file additions / deletions or just run periodically), parse > any tags you want to use or just grab the file name, assemble a valid > RSS feed, and write out the result to your Internet-facing server. Sounds pretty straight forward, really. I’ll post what I end up with. -- "If I were willing to change my morals for convenience or financial gain, we wouldn't be arguing, because I'd already *be* a Republican." -- Wil Shipley _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
