No, Dave, you misunderstood. If I log into chrome under that gmail account, then use the URL to access as a page (not in InoReader), then I get a page of XML with the contents of the Inbox for that account. The login is handled by Chrome before I access the URL, so no clear text password (or account) is required.
Fred On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 8:23 PM, Dave Thayer <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 5:46 PM, Fred Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dave I tried your URL in the InoReader Chrome app. Says it's not > formatted > > correctly. > > > > A feed could not be found at https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/feed/atom. > > This does not appear to be a valid RSS or Atom feed. > > > > Anything else I need to know to use this? > > > > I pasted the URL directly into Chrome address bar and got back an XML > > formatted page. I may be able to make use of this, now I'd need to find > a > > way to automate Chrome! > > > Hmmm, I wonder if the InoReader isn't being considered to be logged in > under your gmail ID. There are some hits on google indicating that: > <https://<username>:<password>@mail.google.com/mail/u/0/feed/atom> > will give an account login. > > Having a password in cleartext like that doesn't exactly give me the > warm-and-fuzzies. i'd probably be inclined to set up 2-step > authentication on that account so that I could use an > application-specific password in a production scenario. > > dt > > > > > -- > Dave Thayer > Denver, CO > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/cajcbkspeidf4jwn7tpdqocpp4iaa3wuasqmw9egnv6c9t+j...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
