Using an RSS Feed

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Using an RSS Feed

If desired, you can use the built-in RSS feeds to access the data within the ActiveVOS Central.

You can set up an RSS subscription by selecting the RSS button in the listing area. Type in the credentials you used to log into ActiveVOS Central. The subscription is for a RSS 2.0 Feed. For example, if you want to view a list of Open Tasks as RSS, you can subscribe on that page.

You can also view task details by using the ActiveVOS task feed service. You can use a feed URL with optional parameters.

Examples:

ATOM Example: With the ActiveVOS server running, type the following into a Web browser:

http://[host]:[port]/active-bpel/services/REST/AeB4PTaskFeed?filter=open&role=administrator&maxTasks=10

Provide the host and port for your installation of ActiveVOS.

This URL returns feed data for a maximum of 10 open administrator tasks. The tasks are in ActiveVOS Central that is authenticated on your server.

RSS Example: List Open Tasks. Open Tasks is the default setting, so there is no need to add any of the optional query parameters except for the format (rss):

http://[host]:[port]/active-bpel/services/REST/AeB4PTaskFeed?format=rss

The following table describes the parameters you can use in a URL.

Parameter	Allowed Value(s)
details	true, false If true, then feed content includes additional text such as status, priority and owner. Otherwise, only the feed item subject is returned. The default value is `false`.
filter	notifications, open, closed, unclaimed, claimed, completed, error, obsolete, failed Default is `open`.
format	atom, rss. Indicates the preferred feed format - ATOM 1.0 or RSS 2.0. The default is `atom`.
maxTasks	integer_value. Default is `20`.
role	user, administrator, initiator, stakeholder Default is `user`.
searchBy	Search By expression that is part of the task definition
taskIndexOffset	integer_value. Start at task `integer_value` and display integer_value + maxTasks. Default is `0`. (Example: Display tasks 15 through 35.)

Note: When you enter the user credentials for the RSS feed, they become cached until the browser is restarted. So if you logout of ActiveVOS Central and sign back in with different credentials, they do match those you entered previously for the RSS feed.

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