Using the RSS feed builder, you can create customised RSS feeds to subscribe to changes within Confluence.
More information about RSS Feeds.
Building an RSS Feed
To create a customised RSS feed,
- Go to the dashboard and click on the RSS feed builder link
located below the list of spaces. This will display a form as shown below.
- Type of Content: Check the boxes to select one or more content types you want to subscribe to: Pages, Blog Posts, Mail, Comments, and Attachments.
- Choose whether to sort items in your RSS feed by the date they were originally Created or the date they were last Modified.
- (Applies to pages only.) Choose whether your RSS feed should display the entire page Content, or just the updated content (Diff).
- Select one or more spaces from the drop-down list. Press Ctrl + left mouse button to select multiple spaces.
- If you want to filter your RSS feed using a label, enter the label name in the input-field.
- Choose the format for your RSS feed (if different from the default).
- Specify the number of items you want displayed and from how far in back in time you want Confluence to look.
- Type a name for your RSS feed.
- Click 'Create RSS Feed' when you are done. This will take you to a new screen. Drag or copy the link displayed into your RSS reader.
- To have your newsreader log into Confluence, you can add your username and password to the feed URL. But please note that if you do this, someone with access to your RSS newsreader configuration can read your password.
Screenshot 1 : RSS feed builder
Screenshot 2 : Example Feed
Removing an RSS Feed
There is no need to try to delete or remove an RSS feed built by the Confluence RSS feed builder.
Explanation: The feeds generated by the RSS Feed Builder are dynamically generated via the parameters included in the feed URL (address). For example, take a look at the following feed URL:
http://confluence.atlassian.com/createrssfeed.action?types=page&sort=modified&showContent=true...
The above feed URL will generate a list of pages ('types=page'), sorted by the modification date and showing the page content. The feed is generated at the time when the URL is fetched and there is no RSS feed information stored on the database. For that reason, there is no need to remove anything.
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Comments (11)
Feb 08, 2009
Anonymous says:
Hello, I'm using the feed builder to build rss feeds using lables - all works w...Hello,
I'm using the feed builder to build rss feeds using lables - all works well but the xml created can be huge as the feedbuilder pulls in the entire articles. IS there a way for the feed builder just to pull the title and link and ignore the actual body?
Thanks
Feb 17, 2009
Henry Tiong [Atlassian] says:
Hi there, I am not sure the reason behind you would want to do that, AFAIK, mos...Hi there,
I am not sure the reason behind you would want to do that, AFAIK, most RSS Readers (I'm using FeedDemon) will download the title and link first, and will only download the content when you actually click on that RSS title. In any case, perhaps your concern here is not on the RSS Reader, but perhaps to massage the XML file itself.
It is possible to do so, but it can be quite tedious - you will need to change the certain parameter in the Feed URL. When the Feed URL is generated, change the following:
I believe both parameters are self-explanatory. Originally, both parameters above were set to true.
Other that that, you might also want to remove the parameter, &types=comments to entirely not to pick up comments posted to the page as well.
Take a look at this sample Feed URL that I'd modified as what mentioned above: http://confluence.atlassian.com/createrssfeed.action?types=page&types=blogpost&types=mail&types=attachment&sort=modified&showContent=false&showDiff=false&spaces=CONFKB&labelString%3D&rssType=atom&maxResults=10&timeSpan=5&publicFeed=false&title=Confluence+RSS+Feed&os_authType=basic
hope this helps,
Henry CL Tiong
Feb 18, 2009
Anonymous says:
Hi Henry, Thanks for the reply. It works perfectly and has cut some of our feed...Hi Henry,
Thanks for the reply. It works perfectly and has cut some of our feeds from 250k to 25k
We use the feed builder with labels and have found it can be slow. So I have a cron job that does a wget for the RSS with labels every 15 minutes and saves the xml files to a web server. We then parse this xml via MM_XSLTransform.class.php script to user selectable/customisable portlets in our portal server where we only require the a linked title so when a user clicks on the title it takes them to the Confluence page.
Cutting down the xml saved to the server makes the portlets load much quick as the parse does not have to work so hard.
Thank you
Mat
Jul 26, 2009
Indra Gunawan says:
HI, I just upgraded from Confluence 2.8.0 to 2.10.1. The upgrade involved...HI,
I just upgraded from Confluence 2.8.0 to 2.10.1. The upgrade involved change of server with new DNS name.
After the upgrade, our user found out that the RSS Feed created for a space tried to contact the old production with old URL.
Where in Confluence should I make the fix so the RSS Feed Builder will create it on space now on new server with new URL?
Thank you,
-Indra
Jul 28, 2009
Azwandi Mohd Aris [Atlassian] says:
Hi Indra, First off, can you please ensure that the server base URL has been up...Hi Indra,
First off, can you please ensure that the server base URL has been updated? In case there are feeds created before you changed the URL, please ensure that you replace the new URL in those feeds URL, too. Hope that helps.
Cheers,
Azwandi
Aug 19, 2009
Anonymous says:
Hello, I am trying to build a rss feed for specified time period, say, 2009/01/...Hello,
I am trying to build a rss feed for specified time period, say, 2009/01/01-2009/08/01 based on the feed generated from confluence rss feed builder. I have tried using 'as_max*=?'&'as_min*=?' to define timespan, but it didn't work out. I will appreciate if someone can help with this?
Thanks in advance
Liz
Sep 13
Bailey P says:
Hi, Does anyone know what is the limitation on Confluence RSS storage? i.e. how ...Hi, Does anyone know what is the limitation on Confluence RSS storage? i.e. how many days worth of RSS or how many RSS feeds maximum will be available for download?
The reason I ask is because there would be times when I would be offline for an extended period, when I can log on again and download - would I miss out any changes made (feeds I subscribed to)?
If there's a limit, is it configurable?
I'm using feeddaemon by the way.
Thanks!
Sep 15
Bailey P says:
You can only download 15 RSS per space - if there were more than 15 changes, you...You can only download 15 RSS per space - if there were more than 15 changes, you won't get it in feedaemon. What I tried is I did not open feedaemon for 2 days and there was a lot of posts and comments during that time. When I run feedaemon, it was only able to download 15 of the newest changes. When I looked at the recent changes of confluence and compared it to feedaemon - a lot were missing between the last time I logged on and the RSS feed just downloaded.
Does anyone know if thIs is adjustable? I was hoping to get the complete updates thru RSS...
Sep 21
Anonymous says:
@Bailey - if your business had an enterprise rss server like Attensa (http://www...@Bailey - if your business had an enterprise rss server like Attensa (http://www.attensa.com) it would continue to aggregate this information for you whether you were in the office or not, and it's all available in the feed reader when you return to the office.
Oct 15
Michelle Ziegmann says:
I'm wondering if there are more options regarding the labels in a feed. For exam...I'm wondering if there are more options regarding the labels in a feed. For example, I only want to include pages that have BOTH of 2 labels (instead of either), or exclude pages that have a "draft" label.
Oct 19
Zed Yap [Atlassian] says:
Hi Michelle, I'm wondering if there are more options regarding the labels in a...Hi Michelle,
As far as I know the feature requested is not available yet. However, I found a feature request in JIRA which might be the closest to your requirement:
Please add your comments to the discussion, vote on it and add yourself as a watcher for future updates. Also, please bare in mind the following document on how we schedule features for inclusion in our products: Implementation of New Features and Improvements.
If you are least happy on the feature request, feel free to launch a feature request in JIRA:
I have also personally tried with the AND and OR operator but it did not helps.
Hope that helps.
Best rgds,
ZEd
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