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LazyWeb: Library Book RSS Feed?
Merlin Mann | Jan 6 2005
O, LazyWeb, I invoke thee. Following on from Jon Udell’s insanely great Amazon/library bookmarklet (43F post): how hard would it be to generate an Atom/RSS feed of books I have out, books that are overdue, and books that are still on request? Any takers? The respect and admiration of lazy, penurious nerds everywhere shall be your laurel. 15 Comments
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 The trick with RSS feeds...Submitted by Waldo Jaquith (not verified) on January 6, 2005 - 4:53pm.
The trick with RSS feeds for private information is authentication. I've never seen an RSS reader that supports any sort of authentication beyond .htaccess-based (and its non-Apache equivalents). What I'd like to see is the implementation of a "hey this website wants a login and password" HTTP header, which could act as a conduit for that authentication information and function within the standard .htaccess-based authentication process. This would permit things like RSS readers to access confidential data without requiring that sites route authentication through Apache. » POSTED IN:
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