Authenticated Feed Support

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Hi,

I’m trying to figure out if NewsBlur supports private, authenticated feeds? (using http basic auth) Does any one know if this works?

Here’s an example feed which includes images:

https://JuGm_xWWYF:P9tfN7N8bJ@demo.havenweb.org/rss

Thanks!

Matt

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looks like that should work:

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Thanks! Do you know anything about the privacy implications? That link talks about how all feeds are publicly accessible at a newsblur link.

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i believe that is only true for feeds with a minimum number of subscribers, but @samuelclay can clarify

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That’s correct, a feed needs to have 3 or more subscribers to be visible to other users without the feed address.

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Thanks @samuelclay ! What constitutes a unique feed? Is it just the URL or in the case of authenticated feeds is it the combination of URL and credentials?

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It would be the combination of credentials as well. I should really get around to handling this better, even if it uses the address format, I could at least have a form that shows a username and password setting under Site Settings.

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Is there a way for me to set up private feeds that don’t use basic auth? Like private substacks?