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A REST API that allows users to search from RSS feeds

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#rss search#search api#rss feeds#meilisearch

32points
12comments
#1,356of 3,109 in 2023
Top 44%of 2023 by points

How HN took it

QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project

0 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 1 critical, out of 4 comments about the project.

Docs: 0 for, 1 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Cool idea

    From 1 comment
    • This is a cool idea. It would be interesting to add a spider onto it as well. Check outlinks from known articles and see if they have feeds, then add that to the index. It also…
      kevincox on HN

Objections

  • Homepage lacks context about what it searches

    From 1 comment
    • The homepage of this really needs… More info. Any info really. Does this search feeds I want? It has a contextless `98 feeds` blurb at the bottom. Does it only search those 98?…
      donatj on HN
  • No feed archiving or pagination, so little history is searchable

    From 1 comment
    • This is a cool idea. It would be interesting to add a spider onto it as well. Check outlinks from known articles and see if they have feeds, then add that to the index. It also…
      kevincox on HN

Requests

  • Add a spider to discover feeds from outlinks

    From 1 comment
    • This is a cool idea. It would be interesting to add a spider onto it as well. Check outlinks from known articles and see if they have feeds, then add that to the index. It also…
      kevincox on HN
  • Support feed archiving and pagination

    From 1 comment
    • This is a cool idea. It would be interesting to add a spider onto it as well. Check outlinks from known articles and see if they have feeds, then add that to the index. It also…
      kevincox on HN

Questions

  • Does it search only the 98 listed feeds?

    From 2 comments
    • The homepage of this really needs… More info. Any info really. Does this search feeds I want? It has a contextless `98 feeds` blurb at the bottom. Does it only search those 98?…
      donatj on HN
    • So the current site provides API that searches RSS feed of 98 sites (downloadable from the excel sheet or access via the endpoint /api/feeds) to showcase the idea? The final goal…
      damowangcy on HN
  • Can users host it on their own RSS feeds?

    From 1 comment
    • So the current site provides API that searches RSS feed of 98 sites (downloadable from the excel sheet or access via the endpoint /api/feeds) to showcase the idea? The final goal…
      damowangcy on HN

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