The RSS update! This update is specific to the RSS feed system, which has been left untouched for quite some time now. We have been going through and listening to what our users have been wanting, and an improved RSS feed system has been something that has been desperately needed. In short, we added compatibility with Usenet and web download RSS feeds, better reliability, and more status views so you (and us) can see exactly what is wrong with your RSS feed should issues arise! Read the specific details below.

Website

• Adds new RSS feed UI, which allows you to view all of the RSS feed items associated with an RSS feed. This allows you to view what has been scraped, downloaded, or what has been errored out.

  • You can also click on the name for each item and get the associated file from the RSS feed source.

• Adds RSS feed status UI, allowing you to see exactly what is happening with your RSS feed at that exact moment, as well as see any possible issues that TorBox has had while scraping or downloading your RSS feed.

• The RSS feeds page has been updated and now shows a bunch of new information, and auto updates, and is highly responsive with changes.

• You can now specify 2 new options when editing or adding a new RSS feed.

  • You can now specify the RSS Feed Download Type being a torrent, usenet, or web download RSS feed. This allows you to choose how scraped items are added to your TorBox account based on the RSS feed.

  • If the RSS feed type is of torrent, you can specify seeding settings, which are the same as the standard torrent seeding settings. This allows you to choose, per RSS feed, if they seed or not. This can be helpful for adding a lot of items at a time to the cache, or if you are adding from a private tracker for example.

Service

• Completely rewritten RSS feeds with compatibility with Usenet, and even web downloads!

  • This rewrite (should be taken lightly) adds a ton of new features and makes it easier to see what exactly is going on with your RSS feed.

  • This also makes it so that it actually scrapes on time, rather than being delayed for minutes or even hours at a time.

  • RSS feeds now allow you to view their associated items, meaning that you can easily view and possibly debug any issues with an RSS feed and its items. Every item comes with a status and a status message.

API

• New endpoints for retrieving RSS feeds and their associated items. This allows you to fully use and control RSS feeds now.

  • Get RSS feeds allows you to get all of a user’s RSS feeds associated with their account. API DOCS.

  • Get RSS feed items allows you to get the latest 10,000 RSS items associated with an RSS feed. API DOCS.

  • Generally better docs for RSS feeds, as many of the docs were missing helpful information.