feedUnique

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Module

The feedUnique accessor is exported by the urn:org:pinkypipes:mod:pinky module. Import this module to gain access to the accessor.

Syntax

URI

active:feedUnique

Argument	Rules	Description
feed	Mandatory	A feed resource
operator	Mandatory	Filter selection

Example Usage

DPML

<instr>
  <type>feedUnique</type>
  <feed>somefeed.xml</feed>
  <operator>
    <filter>title</filter>
  </operator>
  <target>var:title-filtered-feed</target>
</instr>

NetKernel Foundation API

req=context.createSubRequest("active:feedUnique");
req.addArgument("feed", [resource representation, aspect, or URI] );
req.addArgument("operator", [resource representation, aspect, or URI] );
result=context.issueSubRequest(req);

Purpose

The feedUnique accessor filters a feed to produce a feed with a normalized set of items. The filter criterion is provided by the operator argument and must be an xml fragment <filter> with text value one of:

title	remove items with the same title
date	remove items with the same date
link	remove items with the same link
author	remove items with the same author
category	remove items with the same category(s)
permalink	remove items with the same permalink

For more details see the PiNKY guide.