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 RSS Feeds
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 Maria Odea Ching
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 7 May 2008
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RSS Feeds

  There are two types of rss feeds in Archiva: new artifacts in repo feed and new versions of artifact feed.

* New Artifacts In Repository

  For  versions 1.1 and 1.1.1, the default url for this feed is <<<http://[hostname]:[port]/archiva/rss/rss_feeds?repoId=[repositoryId]>>>.
  But since version 1.1.2, this has been changed to <<<http://[hostname]:[port]/archiva/feeds/[repositoryId]>>>

  There are two ways to subscribe to this feed:

  1. By copying the default url specified above and adding this to your feed reader. Just make sure to replace the <<<hostname>>>,
     <<<port>>> and <<<repositoryId>>>. The <<<repositoryId>>> is the id of the Archiva repo which you want to monitor.

  2. Via the feed icon in the Repositories page. Right click on the feed icon in the upper right hand corner of the repository
     configuration and copy the link. Then add this link to your feed reader.

* New Versions of an Artifact

  The default url for this feed for versions 1.1 and 1.1.1 is <<<http://[hostname]:[port]/archiva/rss/rss_feeds?groupId=[groupId]&artifactId=[artifactId]>>>
  but was changed to <<<http://[hostname]:[port]/archiva/feeds/[groupId]/[artifactId]>>> since version 1.1.2 for consistency purposes.

  You could subscribe to the feed the same way as specified in the New Artifacts In Repository section except that in #1, you
  need to specify the <<<groupId>>> and <<<artifactId>>> instead of the <<<repositoryId>>>. And in #2, you need to go to the
  Browse section. The rss feed icon is located in the artifactId level.

* Authentication

  The authentication method used for the rss feeds is Http Basic Authentication. If your reader supports this, you would be
  prompted for a username and password when you subscribe to the feed. Supply your Archiva account credentials for this. Take
  note that only users with an Observer role for the specific repository would be able to subscribe to this feed.

  If the 'guest' account is enabled for the repository, you would no longer be asked for the username and password when you
  subscribe to the feed.

