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How to ping audio.weblogs.com
Posted by Dave Winer, 4/13/05 at 6:35:02 AM.
Overview 
In order to ping, you need to be able to send a simple XML-RPC message. Most blogging tools support XML-RPC-based pings. There are lots of toolkits you can use. It uses the same interface as weblogs.com pings.
Send the message to audiorpc.weblogs.com, port 80, path /RPC2.
There's also a way to ping using a form.
Checklist of common problems
0. Ask the feed debugger what it thinks of the feed.
1. Although the channel-level language element is not required by the RSS 2.0 spec, we require it. This is because, should there be more growth, which seems likely, we'll be able to produce separate lists based on language. This is a common feature request, so I think it's worth having that data for each feed.
2. The version number of the feed must be 2.0 or 0.92, because other versions of RSS don't have an enclosure element. So if your feed is version 0.91, for example, you can fix this just by changing the version number to 2.0.
3. The enclosure element itself must have three attributes, url, length and type, and according to the spec, they must be correct.
4. We've seen feeds with no enclosure elements. There's nothing wrong with these feeds, that's perfectly valid RSS, but audio.weblogs.com only looks for enclosure elements.
5. If you've fixed a problem and your enclosures still don't show up on audio.weblogs.com, wait 1/2 hour and ping again.
Important note: Please don't send me emails directly, that just overloads me. It's much better to post a comment here, where others may see it or on the podcasters mail list.
When reporting a problem
Very important: If you want help with your feed, you must provide the URL of the feed. There's nothing anyone can do to help without that vital piece of information.
If the ping worked...
If your feed has any new enclosures, they will show up on audio.weblogs.com, and in the two XML versions: the long one (with the last hour of changes) and the short one (the last five minutes).
It will also appear in the RSS feed that mirrors the content on the home page.
Questions, comments?
If you have questions or comments, please post them in the comment section on this weblog post.
This Page was last update:
Wednesday, April 13, 2005 at 7:31:25 PM
This page was originally posted: 4/13/2005; 6:35:02 AM.
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