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Information about RSS/XML in Rapid

What is RSS?

RSS is a family of web feed formats, specified in XML and used for Web syndication. RSS is used by (among other things) news Web sites, weblogs and podcasting. The abbreviation is variously used to refer to the following standards:

  • Really Simple Syndication (RSS 2.0)
  • Rich Site Summary (RSS 0.91, RSS 1.0)
  • RDF Site Summary (RSS 0.9 and 1.0)

Web feeds provide web content or summaries of web content together with links to the full versions of the content, and other metadata. RSS, in particular, delivers this information as an XML file called an RSS feed, webfeed, RSS stream, or RSS channel. In addition to facilitating syndication, web feeds allow a website's frequent readers to track updates on the site using an aggregator.

RAPID RSS feeds let you automatically import press releases directly into your website or news reader. Please read below for more information

How to get an RSS/XML feed ?

Rapid provides either generic or personalised RSS/XML feeds.

Generic RSS/XML feeds

These feeds are listed on the RSS page, classified by Political domains, Commissioners' speeches and European institutions.

  • Select the language of RSS feeds
  • Then, select the desired format (XML or RSS).
  • Finally, copy the http link of the results page which is actually the link to use for the RSS feed.

NB: By default, there are 10 results in RSS feeds, which are the 10 latest articles on the selected topic.

Personalised RSS/XML feeds

The customised RSS feed is accessible from the search page which allows you to select specific criteria such as the type of articles, keywords and dates.

  • Go to the search page and fill in your search criteria.
  • At the end of the form, in the "Results display options" section, before clicking the "Search" button.
    • set the number of desired results
    • and select the format RSS or XML
  • You get results and you must copy the http link of the results page which is actually the link to use for the RSS feed.

What is the difference between the two formats offered ?

RSS

The RSS syndication format. This is the link you need to choose if you want to use a news reader.

XML

A Commission XML format for press release news. Use it only if you want to implement some own processing of the news feed information.