> Is there a way to check the timestamp on an rss > feed before actually having to retrieve the > entire feed? I thought I had remembered something > in the past... but have no idea where I saw it..
Someone else said no, but there actually is. It relies on the publisher including a last-modified header in their HTTP response headers, but here's some code to get you started. Once you have the last modified date, you can make a decision (in code) as to whether you want to download the rest of the feed or not. Watch for line wrapping. -Justin Scott --- Code Below --- <!--- Get the headers for the URL. ---> <cfhttp url="http://mxblogspace.journurl.com/users/admin/index.cfm?mode=article&entr y=1853&template=rss-full" method="HEAD"> <!--- When was this last modified? ---> <cfif structKeyExists(cfhttp.responseHeader, "last-modified")> <cfset variables.last_modified = parseDateTime(cfhttp.responseheader["last-modified"])> <cfelse> <cfset variables.last_modified = now()> </cfif> <!--- When was it last modified? ---> <cfoutput>#variables.last_modified#</cfoutput> <!--- Do a date comparison against the last time you pulled, and if needed, pull the rest of the feed as usual. ---> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:202682 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
