RSS feed for AFP German 'Topthemen'?
July 24, 2016 8:19 PM Subscribe
Is there any way to get an RSS feed for the German language 'Topthemen' ("Top Topics") that the wire-service AFP publishes on their website?
I've found that these short articles with simple vocabulary and grammar are pretty good for my German, so I'd like to add them as an RSS feed to my reader to keep me in the daily habit of reading a little German. I've seen that AFP shut down their own RSS feed close to ten years ago, so I'm not expecting much, but it would be great if anyone knows any German newspaper that offers a straight feed of the AFP.
Ideally it would preserve the original headlines and text as it comes from the wire service, and ideally it would only show the top ten stories or so per day (i.e. the 'Topthemen'), but beggars can't be choosers.
I see, for example, that Yahoo publishes all the German-language AFP articles (e.g. this one from today), but I don't see a way to get any RSS feed, let alone an RSS feed of just the AFP.
Any help appreciated!
I've found that these short articles with simple vocabulary and grammar are pretty good for my German, so I'd like to add them as an RSS feed to my reader to keep me in the daily habit of reading a little German. I've seen that AFP shut down their own RSS feed close to ten years ago, so I'm not expecting much, but it would be great if anyone knows any German newspaper that offers a straight feed of the AFP.
Ideally it would preserve the original headlines and text as it comes from the wire service, and ideally it would only show the top ten stories or so per day (i.e. the 'Topthemen'), but beggars can't be choosers.
I see, for example, that Yahoo publishes all the German-language AFP articles (e.g. this one from today), but I don't see a way to get any RSS feed, let alone an RSS feed of just the AFP.
Any help appreciated!
While I have not specifically tried the link you are referring to, RSS Search Engine has been very useful to me for sites that do not seem to have readily available RSS links on their site.
posted by worlddisciple at 7:37 AM on July 26, 2016
posted by worlddisciple at 7:37 AM on July 26, 2016
Best answer: Have a look here for the sitemap of Yahoo. There, it looks like they offer RSS feeds for the various categories, and the actual articles look like they come from AFP or DPA.
So, for example, this feed provides political world news. If you need help with the categories, feel free to ask!
posted by ltl at 11:03 AM on July 26, 2016
So, for example, this feed provides political world news. If you need help with the categories, feel free to ask!
posted by ltl at 11:03 AM on July 26, 2016
Response by poster: Thanks ltl. It looks like the 'Home' RSS feed comes closest to what I was looking for, namely a feed for just the 10 or so most popular articles per day. The political world news feed (Politik Ausland) looked overwhelming in the amount of material. Now I just have to hope that the sale of Yahoo to Verizon won't affect this feed in the not too distant future...
posted by crazy with stars at 2:18 PM on July 27, 2016
posted by crazy with stars at 2:18 PM on July 27, 2016
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posted by COD at 6:03 AM on July 25, 2016