Unhandled error when adding Craigslist RSS feed

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#1

I’m trying to update an old Craigslist RSS feed in NewsBlur with a new URL.

The URL works fine when I try it directly in my browser.

But when I paste it into Newsblur in the “Change RSS feed address” field, I always get “Sorry, there was an unhandled error.”

Here is the URL I want:

http://stlouis.craigslist.org/search/sss?sort=date&query=ferguson±hitch±cultivator±te20±to35…

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#2

This is still an issue. Today I tried a similar URL, but slightly different:

http://stlouis.craigslist.org/search/sso?sort=date&query=ferguson±hitch±maynard±cultivator±t…

This URL works fine. But NewsBlur always errors out when I try to add it as a feed.

#3

Did you copy the RSS feed url or the website address? Given the frame format I wouldn’t be surprised if Newsblur doesn’t like it, but I just tried the RSS button on the lower right which gave me a RSS link that seems to work fine (note the format=rss in the url).
https://stlouis.craigslist.org/search/sso?format=rss&query=ferguson%20-hitch%20-maynard%20-culti…

#4

Yeah, I simply pasted the wrong URL into my reply.

But the original URL I posted at the top of this bug report includes format=rss and is an actual RSS feed. It remains a perfect example of the problem, since NewsBlur chokes on it every time I try to add it as a subscription.

#5

Looks like Craigslist is taking too long to return the feed. NewsBlur is timing out on fetching the feed. I believe Craigslist is intentionally limiting NewsBlur (as well as other RSS readers).