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On 29 Oct, 08:38, alistair <alistair.cal....RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is there any way to acquire an RSS feed using Applescript? I'd like
> to be able to specify the RSS URL, then have Applescript consume the
> most recent 5 entries.

ParserTools includes an RSS feed reader/parser:

http://osaxen.com/files/parsertools0.2.1.html

HTH

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On 31 Oct, 02:29, Sander Tekelenburg <u....TakeThisOut@domain.invalid> wrote:

> >http://osaxen.com/files/parsertools0.2.1.html
>
> Can't be downloaded though. The URL to the file,
> <http://files.macscripter.net/Osax2/Data-Manipulation/parsertools-0.2.1.d
> mg>, is returned by a page saying "INTERNAL ERROR" (And yet stupidly
> claims a HTTP Status of "200" :( Plus if you try that URL direct, it
> tosses a truckload of HTML at you to say that a Referer is required.)

Download link seems to be working here. If you're having problems,
contact the osaxen.com maintainer.

HTH

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In article <1193737554.292940.306840 RemoveThis @50g2000hsm.googlegroups.com>,
has <has.temp3 RemoveThis @virgin.net> wrote:

> On 29 Oct, 08:38, alistair <alistair.cal... RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote:
> > Is there any way to acquire an RSS feed using Applescript? I'd like
> > to be able to specify the RSS URL, then have Applescript consume the
> > most recent 5 entries.
>
> ParserTools includes an RSS feed reader/parser:
>
> http://osaxen.com/files/parsertools0.2.1.html

Can't be downloaded though. The URL to the file,
<http://files.macscripter.net/Osax2/Data-Manipulation/parsertools-0.2.1.d
mg>, is returned by a page saying "INTERNAL ERROR" (And yet stupidly
claims a HTTP Status of "200" :( Plus if you try that URL direct, it
tosses a truckload of HTML at you to say that a Referer is required.)

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In article <1193817898.824501.11610.RemoveThis@y42g2000hsy.googlegroups.com>,
has <has.temp3.RemoveThis@virgin.net> wrote:

> On 31 Oct, 02:29, Sander Tekelenburg <u....RemoveThis@domain.invalid> wrote:
>
> > >http://osaxen.com/files/parsertools0.2.1.html
> >
> > Can't be downloaded though. The URL to the file,
> > <http://files.macscripter.net/Osax2/Data-Manipulation/parsertools-0.2.1.d
> > mg>, is returned by a page saying "INTERNAL ERROR" (And yet stupidly
> > claims a HTTP Status of "200" :( Plus if you try that URL direct, it
> > tosses a truckload of HTML at you to say that a Referer is required.)
>
> Download link seems to be working here.

macscripter.net requires a (http) Referer from osaxen.com[*]. I by
default have cross-site Referers blocked in my browser, because I see no
reason why sites should be able to track me. Telling macscripter.net
"Hi, I was referred to here by osaxen.com" makes the download work.

> If you're having problems,
> contact the osaxen.com maintainer.

I won't. For several years I've tried to help truckloads of sites to fix
what they broke. 99% of them don't want to know. They just get
defensive, or don't respond at all. Helping web designers to do things
'right' is useless. I'm now taking a different approach:
<http://webrepair.org/>.

I just thought I'd mention the problem because this is your osax and you
might care that its availablity is not needlessly restricted.



[*] The 'error' page actually does say they require a Referer. I hadn't
noticed initially.

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