"http://edgeworksclimbing.com/blog/feed/?cachekiller"; + (new Date).getTime()
Jeremy R. Geerdes
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On Mar 24, 2012, at 8:02 PM, Tod wrote:
> Thanks for the reply Jeremy,
>
> I guess I will have to deal with the lag time that he API has. It's
> on our public home page for our company so it is somewhat frustrating
> doing the testing and not seeing results, but I'm learning hour by
> hour as the cache refreshes... =)
>
> Do you have sample code that would work as a dummy cache-busting
> parameter to my feed URL that I can try. The feed is directly on my
> own site/server so I'm not too worried about network traffic.
>
> Tod
>
>
> On Mar 24, 5:21 pm, Jeremy Geerdes <jrgeer...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> The API does not display new entries or feed updates immediately because it
>> caches the feed and re-crawls it periodically. This is done for two primary
>> reasons: (1) to improve performance be eliminating the need for a round trip
>> to your server, which may take time to respond; and (2) to limit network
>> traffic, save bandwidth, and reduce the load on your servers. The
>> documentation used to say (and may still) that you can expect feeds to be
>> refreshed generally no more than once per hour, with those feeds receiving
>> more traffic being refreshed at shorter intervals than others.
>>
>> If it is essential to have the updates immediately, you might try adding a
>> dummy cache-busting parameter to your feed URL. This will force the API to
>> crawl the feed new every time it is requested. But it will also nullify the
>> two advantages mentioned above. So if your server is slow to respond with
>> your feed, your application could run slowly or, worse, you could get error
>> messages saying that your feed is 404.
>>
>> Jeremy R. Geerdes
>> Generally Cool Guy
>> Des Moines, IA
>>
>> For more information or a project quote:
>> jrgeer...@gmail.com
>>
>> If you're in the Des Moines, IA, area, check out Debra Heights Wesleyan
>> Church!
>>
>> On Mar 24, 2012, at 3:58 PM, Tod wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> I have a Google Feed script working quite well, except that when new
>>> blog items are created or updated, my feed using the script does not
>>> update. Randomly I can get the feeds to update (not sure how) but not
>>> consistently.
>>
>>> The feed is pulling from a Wordpress Blog.
>>
>>> I am guessing that the feed variable needs to be reset because it is
>>> storing the XML in the browser from my Wordpress blog?
>>
>>> Any suggestions? Do I need a function that resets var feed? If so,
>>> how do I do that?
>>
>>> My script has two feeds, for two different parts of the page (querying
>>> by category). Here is my script:
>>
>>> <script type="text/javascript">
>>> var feed = 0;
>>> google.load("feeds", "1");
>>> google.setOnLoadCallback(BlogFeed);
>>> google.setOnLoadCallback(EventFeed);
>>> String.prototype.truncate = function(to_length){
>>> if(to_length >= this.length)return
>>> this;
>>> return this.substring(0,
>>> to_length-3)+'...';
>>> }
>>> function BlogFeed() {
>>> var feed = new google.feeds.Feed("http://edgeworksclimbing.com/
>>> blog/feed/");
>>> feed.setNumEntries(10);
>>> feed.load(function(result) {
>>> if (!result.error) {
>>> var container =
>>> document.getElementById("blog-headline");
>>> for (var i = 0; i < result.feed.entries.length; i++) {
>>> var entry = result.feed.entries[i];
>>> var date = new Date(entry.publishedDate);
>>> date =
>>> date.toDateString().substr(4);
>>> var blogcategory =
>>> entry.categories;
>>> if(blogcategory !=
>>> "Events") {
>>> var li
>>> = document.createElement("li");
>>
>>> li.className = "rss-item";
>>
>>> li.innerHTML = '<a class="rss-item" href="' + entry.link + '"
>>> target="_self">' + entry.title + '</a><br>';
>>
>>> li.innerHTML += '<a class="rss-date" href="' + entry.link + '"
>>> target="_self">' + date + '<cite class="rss-author"> by ' +
>>> entry.author + '</cite></a> ' + entry.categories + '<br>';
>>
>>> li.innerHTML += '<a class="rss-snippet" href="' + entry.link + '"
>>> target="_self">' + entry.contentSnippet.truncate(50) + '</a>';
>>
>>> container.appendChild(li);
>>> }
>>> }
>>> } else {
>>> var container =
>>> document.getElementById("blog-headline");
>>> container.innerHTML = '<li><a
>>> href="http://www.edgeworksclimbing.com/blog";>Edgeworks Blog</a></li>';
>>> }
>>> });
>>> }
>>> function EventFeed() {
>>> var feed = new google.feeds.Feed("http://edgeworksclimbing.com/
>>> blog/feed/");
>>> feed.setNumEntries(10);
>>> feed.load(function(result) {
>>> if (!result.error) {
>>> var container =
>>> document.getElementById("event-headline");
>>> for (var i = 0; i < result.feed.entries.length; i++) {
>>> var entry = result.feed.entries[i];
>>> var date = new Date(entry.publishedDate);
>>> date =
>>> date.toDateString().substr(4);
>>> var eventcategory =
>>> entry.categories;
>>
>>> if(eventcategory.indexOf("Events") != -1) {
>>> var li
>>> = document.createElement("li");
>>
>>> li.className = "rss-item";
>>
>>> li.innerHTML = '<a class="rss-item" href="' + entry.link + '"
>>> target="_self">' + entry.title + '</a><br>';
>>
>>> li.innerHTML += '<a class="rss-date" href="' + entry.link + '"
>>> target="_self">' + date + '<cite class="rss-author"> by ' +
>>> entry.author + '</cite></a> ' + entry.categories + '<br>';
>>
>>> li.innerHTML += '<a class="rss-snippet" href="' + entry.link + '"
>>> target="_self">' + entry.contentSnippet.truncate(50) + '</a>';
>>
>>> container.appendChild(li);
>>> }
>>> }
>>> } else {
>>> var container =
>>> document.getElementById("event-headline");
>>> container.innerHTML = '<li><a
>>> href="http://www.edgeworksclimbing.com/blog";>Edgeworks Blog</a></li>';
>>> }
>>> });
>>> }
>>> </script>
>>
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