Yahoo pipes: need to use a proxy????

[enderz]

I grabbed an Rss feed from yahoo pipe I found, put in my my posts with fetch_rss and all worked gr8.

After several tests all of the sudden the posts stopped showing anything and I got "could not connect" error that appeared until I removed the code of the pipe-rss thing.

Is there a chance they check for IP and blocked my sites? Do I need to use proxy when using piped rss? Or am I missing something?

 

[mattseh]

Relying on proxies doesn't sound like it'll work long term either. Why not build your own script that does what pipes does, then you'll have complete control.

 

[mcvader]

This happening often? I wouldn't do anything that drastic just yet, could be a simple HTTP 500 (temporarily unavailable) error. How long has it been happening? Anything longer than what's reasonable I'd go the route mattseh suggested, maybe use SimplePie or the Google RSS builder. I wouldn't go so drastic as to using a proxy.

 

[mcvader]

Okay, I just wrote a super simple PHP + SimplePie script that scrapes RSS feeds from links you provide, let me know if you want a copy.

 

[enderz]

mattesh - cause the pipes are very strong and doing very good work, I think it will be easier to scrape them. mcvader - I will test it deeply to see if it is really an IP block... just thought someone alrerady had the answer Be HAPPY to get your script...