Feedparser vs. FooAggregator vs. Leech vs. SimpleFeed
JoepH - September 21, 2007 - 21:29
Hi all,
Could anyone advise me which module to use:
- Feedparser (http://drupal.org/project/feedparser)
- FooAggregator (http://drupal.org/project/fooaggregator)
- Leech (http://drupal.org/project/leech)
- SimpleFeed (http://drupal.org/project/simplefeed)
They all seem to do more or less the same.
Thanks, Joep
Might be worth using FeedAPI
Might be worth using FeedAPI instead of them ;-) One day it will replace them all as the way forward.
Oh and my FeedParser is only fully working on Drupal 4.7
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simplefeed
it works !
Tried all
All have some drawbacks and annoyances. I've tried Simplefeed, Feed API and core aggregator... for assembling a smattering of feeds into a portal. The core aggregator appears to handle a variety of feeds the best, but of course the other two add more features.
Seems to me the most important difference is make feed item nodes (for searching and view handling.) This is the trade-off for potentially not being able to parse everything.
I'd say the use of SimplePie
I'd say the use of SimplePie in most of the aggregators improves the ability to parse feeds over Drupals built in aggregator.module!
That was one of the main points in developing FeedParser, because the core aggregator module was ropey.
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