RSS API
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Overview
The RSS API is a core system in Moodle to allow you to create secure RSS feeds of data in your module.
These RSS feeds can then be syndicated by other websites or aggregated by a feed reader.
Any Moodle module can generate RSS feeds to allow secure access to it's data.
File Locations
The primary functions for the RSS API is located in lib/rsslib.php
Additional functions and usage examples can be found in the following files:
- blog/rsslib.php
- mod/data/rsslib.php
- mod/forum/rsslib.php
- mod/glossary/rsslib.php
Examples
Below you will find examples on how to use the RSS functions within your own modules.
Creating an RSS feed
Caching an RSS feed
Retrieving a cached RSS feed
Database structure
| Field | Type | Info |
| id | int(10) | auto increment identifier |
| queuedeventid | int(10) | foreign key id corresponding to the id of the event_queues table |
| handlerid | int(10) | foreign key id corresponding to the id of the event_handlers table |
| status | int(10) | number of failed attempts to process this handler |
| errormessage | text | if an error happened last time we tried to process this event, record it here. |
| timemodified | int(10) | time stamp of the last attempt to run this from the queue |
