• Google Code to RSS Feeds

    Posted on 2008-05-06 20:37:49

    As part of a class this semester, we are suposed to build a web-based project that can/must have bits of various technologies such as Javascript (Ajax), XML, Regular Expressions, XSLT, Web Services or Database integration.

    I was looking into doing something usefull, so I decided to tackle a "problem" I'm having at the moment with Django: The lack of RSS feeds for open source projects listed in Google Code.

    The goal is to create a RESTful web service so you can retrive "Changes" and "Issues" in RSS (and eventualy JSON) format for any project.

    My plan is to have a simple interface in Django, and a Python cronjob running every hour or so checking the source. The projects table will start empty and new projects will be added automaticly when necessary. If possible I will try to add some way to check how many users are subscribed to a particular feed (still have to figure out how).

    I will be detailing my experiences here, and sharing the source code along the way.

    Tags: gcode google code rss django python