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I see that the API includes a few feed-related things, like get a feed for recent changes. Also, the help text says that most MW instances contain the same syndication functionality as Wikipedia, but there are some exceptions (for example, it says wikimedia.org "offers cross-project information like page view metrics").

I would like to create various custom feeds. I have thus far been unable to find any information on how to do so. Could anyone point me towards information on this, please? Thanks.

-Rwv37 (talk) 00:05, 19 June 2023 (UTC)

Also, I should say: I'm not wed to the idea of doing this via the API. For example, perhaps there's some directive that could be included in a page's markup to say that the generated page should be RSS, and if so, that would be perfectly fine with me. -Rwv37 (talk) 00:13, 19 June 2023 (UTC)

wikipedia uses extension:FeaturedFeeds however it is confusing to setup.

Some extensions like extension:Cargo, extension:SemanticMediaWiki and extension:GoogleNewsSitemap support outputting queries as rss.

If those dont work you would probably have to create a custom api module.

@Bawolff, great, thank you! I've actually been using Cargo for a while now, and that was one of my first thoughts, but when I checked the help pages for it, I didn't notice anything about it. I'll check again, and ask about it there if I still don't find anything. Thanks again! -Rwv37 (talk) 03:37, 19 June 2023 (UTC)

oh weird its not documented. I think it uses format=feed. There is definitely code for it https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki-extensions-Cargo/blob/master/includes/formats/CargoFeedFormat.php

@Bawolff, I asked on the Cargo discussion pages about it, and I was told it's a new feature, not yet in a production release, so I guess that's why it's not in the documentation yet. But it can be used if you install the master version that you linked to.

Also, when you specify the "format=feed" that you mentioned, I'm told that you can then add "feed type=rss" or "feed type=atom".

Thanks again!