I want to know if it is possible to use javascript/html or php, etc... to create a page that receives continuous updates from a feed that uses PubSubHubub?
How can I do this? I am new to this, and any tips would be helpful.
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Random suggestion - booth WebHooks and PubSubHubBub look cool. Article:
Webhooks let applications talk to each other using very simple HTTP. Webhook enabled applications run (so far) on app hosting sites in the cloud. What makes them different is that they constantly scan for POSTS to a designated URL. To use the application, you register your application with the other webhook enabled application and provide a callback URL. You POST data from your app to the url of the receiving app, and monitor the callback URL for its response. Your app then takes the POST it received and processes it.
Pubsubhubbub (PSHB) is a realtime, multicasting webhooks enabled publish and subscribe system. Historically on the net, most information is received after it is pulled. For example, we set up receive intervals for our email. Our browsers update our RSS feeds at pre determined intervals. We repeat the same searches over and over, just looking to see if there is anything new. Even when we get alerts for new email or information, the alerts are generated by actively polling the source. PSHB changes that.
Marcus
2009-10-27 10:51:41