When I read the description of Leech, it seemed to me that it would be something that would allow me to turn a feed item into a node.

Instead, it seems to work by actually making nodes out of feed items.

Is that correct?

If so, I stronly suggest that the description of the module be changed to clearly state such (it clearly doesn't state that now), since that's a pretty undesirable mode of function for most Drupal implementations.

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pyutaros’s picture

pyutaros commented

I hate to be the first to say this, but turning feed items into nodes is the same thing verbally as making nodes out of feed items. (feed item > node) = (node < feed item)

lambert-1’s picture

lambert-1 commented

A feed as a node is exactly what I want. But I want leech to constantly refresh the same node and I can't get that to happen. Anyone?

pyutaros’s picture

pyutaros commented

I see. Sorry for the terse response then. As far as I can tell, Leech Continually creates new nodes based off of the feed input. I do not think it is possible to have it update a single node, but some creative taxonomy could give you a single "node" to view. If you created a vocabulary specifically for leech feeds, and then made the terms the names of your feeds, each time leech created new nodes, they would show up on the terms page. In other words if you created a vocabulary (category) of FEEDS and created a term called MY_FEED, you feed would show up at http://www.mysite.com/FEEDS/MY_FEED. That's how I'd take a stab at it, but I'll let the module maintainer speak on this with authority. Hope this helps (Or even works).

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escoles commented

lambert:

(feed item > node) = (node < feed item)

But that's not what I said. I said:

it seemed to me that it would be something that would allow me to turn a feed item into a node.

Instead, it seems to work by actually making nodes out of feed items.

What I was looking for was a simple way to take a feed item and turn it into a node. The description of Leech led me to believe Leech might be that. Instead, what I found was that it turns all feed items into nodes. No choice in the matter. That's what it does. That's not clear from the description.

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alex_b commented
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leech turns all feed items into nodes.