Retrieve Information from an RSS Feed

To automatically retrieve content from an RSS feed, create a new fetch task by following these steps. The connector runs each fetch task automatically, based on the schedule that is configured in the configuration file.

To create a new Fetch Task

  1. Stop the connector.
  2. Open the configuration file in a text editor.
  3. In the [FetchTasks] section of the configuration file, specify the number of fetch tasks using the Number parameter. If you are configuring the first fetch task, type Number=1. If one or more fetch tasks have already been configured, increase the value of the Number parameter by one (1). Below the Number parameter, specify the names of the fetch tasks, starting from zero (0). For example:

    [FetchTasks]
    Number=1
    0=MyTask
  4. Below the [FetchTasks] section, create a new TaskName section. The name of the section must match the name of the new fetch task. For example:

    [FetchTasks]
    Number=1
    0=MyTask
    
    [MyTask]
  1. In the new section, set the RSSFeedN parameter:

    RSSFeedN The URL of the feed from which to fetch data.
  2. (Optional) If the connector is installed on a machine that is behind a proxy server, you might need to set the parameters ProxyHost and ProxyPort so that the connector can access the feed.
  3. Save and close the configuration file.

    You can now start the connector.