wingedpig.com: Bloglines Web Services

wingedpig.com: Bloglines Web Services

".... we're augmenting the data that you can pull out of Bloglines programmatically. We're calling the new functions the Bloglines Web Services and we've launched a whole new part of the web site to document them. The new functionality lets a program pull Bloglines subscription data as well as blog entries, using the OPML and RSS formats.

So what does this mean? If you're a desktop aggregator developer, you can use Bloglines to provide a sync'ing capability for your users. And you don't have to worry about supporting the different RSS and Atom formats (and various imperfect feeds), because Bloglines normalizes all data.

If you're a publisher thinking about entering the world of RSS, you don't have to worry about thousands of desktop aggregators pummeling your servers into oblivion. With the Bloglines Web Services, Bloglines acts as a feed cache, insulating content providers from bandwidth problems."

A very cool update for my fav RSS clent.

The timing is great with all the... um... stuff... flying around about RSS readers bringing down the internet (slight exaggeration there).