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Originally Posted by Jakez
Anyone who has made a scraper would agree a dump style rss would be as flexible and easy to use as it can get.
HTML is formatted because you are using tags to style a page for a surfer to browse, there doesnt need to be any styling or formatting for something like RSS since its just a computer gathering information on your latest posts and a dump style would be a lot easier for a notice to parse and use as he pleases.
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I would prefer RSS in it's current format. There is alot that it provides that a dump like that cannot. Nesting of elements for instance for instance:
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<videos>
<updated>2010-07-20T00:00:00Z</updated>
<video>
<id>Video ID Number From Database</id>
<title>Title of Video</title>
<description>Description of Video</description>
<tags>Comma,Separated,Keywords,Go,Here</tags>
<paysite>Name Of Paysite</paysite>
<clip_url>http://www.domain.com/path/to/videos/</clip_url>
<screen_url>http://www.domain.com/path/to/thumbnails/</screen_url>
<clips>
<clip>
<duration>20</duration>
<width>640</width>
<height>480</height>
<flv>marta_sucks.flv</flv>
<screens>
<screen>marta.jpg</screen>
<screen>marta.jpg</screen>
</screens>
</clip>
<clip>
<duration>20</duration>
<width>640</width>
<height>480</height>
<flv>jenna_fucks.flv</flv>
<screens>
<screen>jenna.jpg</screen>
</screens>
</clip>
<clip>
<duration>123</duration>
<width>640</width>
<height>480</height>
<flv>kathy_anal.flv</flv>
<screens>
<screen>kathy.jpg</screen>
</screens>
</clip>
</clips>
</video>
</videos>