Managing RSS/ATOM Feeds

Some websites use ATOM and RSS feeds to publish news feeds or frequently updated information. You can subscribe to such RSS/ATOM feeds and monitor them in the Recent Activity feed of the Project Home page. You can subscribe any RSS/ATOM feed including Oracle approved RSS Feeds, News, Site monitors, and Jenkins or Hudson servers.

From the RSS/ATOM Feeds page, you can subscribe to RSS/ATOM feeds and monitor them in the Recent Activity feed of the Project Home page.

Creating an ATOM/RSS Feeds Handler

You can create an ATOM/RSS Feeds handler from the Administration page.

To create an ATOM/RSS Feeds handler, you must be assigned the Owner role of the project.

To create an ATOM/RSS Feeds handler:

1. In the navigation bar, click Project Settings.
2. Click RSS/ATOM Feeds.
3. Click + New Handler.
4. In Name, enter the name of the handler.
5. In URL, enter the URL of the feed that you want to include in the Recent Activity feed of the Project page.
6. From the Display Type, select the feed’s display type.
7. In Fetch Interval, enter the feed’s fetch interval.

   For the fetch interval period, the feed results are cached. All requests during the interval period retrieve the cached results. When the time expires the cache is cleared. The next request would check for the cached results and not find them and proceed to fetch a new copy to be cached.

   By default, the interval is set to 1 day.

8. Click Done.

When you’re finished, use the project navigation bar to switch to another page.

Editing, Testing, and Viewing Logs of an ATOM/RSS Feeds Handler

You can edit, test, and view logs an ATOM/RSS Handler from the Administration page.

To edit, test, and view logs of an ATOM/RSS Feeds handler:

1. In the navigation bar, click Project Settings.
2. Click RSS/ATOM Feeds.
   All existing feed handlers are listed in the ATOM/RSS Handlers list.
3. Click a feed handler in the ATOM/RSS Handlers list.
4. To edit the feed handler, edit the fields displayed on the right.

   For more information about the description of each field, see Creating an ATOM/RSS Feeds Handler.

5. To test a feeds handler, select the handler in the ATOM/RSS Handlers list, and click the Test button. If the test is successful, the status icon changes from Untested to Tested . If the test fails, the status icon changes to Failed .
6. To view logs of a test, select the feeds handler in the ATOM/RSS Handlers list, and click the Logs button. In the Logs page, all Request and Response logs of each test are available. Select the date-time stamp in the left list of the test to view its logs.

   To test the feed, click the Test button above the logs list. To refresh the open log, click Refresh.

7. Click Done to return to the RSS/ATOM Feeds page.

Deactivating or Deleting an ATOM/RSS Feeds Handler

You can deactivate or delete an ATOM/RSS Handler from the Project Settings page.

To deactivate or delete an ATOM/RSS Feeds handler:

1. In the navigation bar, click Project Settings.
2. Click RSS/ATOM Feeds.
   All existing feeds handlers are listed in the ATOM/RSS Handlers list.
3. Click a feeds handler in the ATOM/RSS Handlers list.
4. To deactivate a feeds handler, click the Deactivate button on the right side of the page. The icon of the feeds handler is greyed out and the Active check box is deselected. To activate the feeds handler, click Activate or select the Active check box.

   To delete a feeds handler, click the Remove button on the right side of the page. You can also click the icon in the ATOM/RSS Handlers list.

   In the Remove ATOM/RSS Handler dialog, click Yes to confirm.