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I am hoping to be able to create a weblog that I can simply add URL’s to which will automagically feed the “go” template I am using for Feedgrab.

Here’s what I currently use:

{exp:feedgrab url="http://feeds.feedburner.com/TechCrunch" weblog="10" title="title" date="pubDate" use="link|description" fields="iphone_link|iphone_description" refresh="10"}

The issue here is that each time I want to add a new feed I have to hand code the additional loop.

What I want to do is this:

{exp:weblog:entries weblog="feed_find"}
  {exp:feedgrab url="{feed_url}" weblog="10" title="title" date="pubDate" use="link|description" fields="iphone_link|iphone_description" refresh="10"}
{/exp:weblog:entries}

Where the weblog “feed_find” is a cache of feed url’s that I input.

The problem I am having is that I have the exp:feedgrab inside of the exp:weblog:entries tag and I think this is causing a parsing issue. Is there a way around this?

This is the error I get with the above snippet:

Warning: MagpieRSS: Failed to fetch /home/joshmaxr/public_html/afdl_admin_sys/plugins/pi.feedgrab.php on line 1793

Notice: Trying to get property of non-object in /home/joshmaxr/public_html/afdl_admin_sys/plugins/pi.feedgrab.php on line 165

Hey Josh -

If you think it’s a parse issue try embedding the feedgrab code into it’s own template and passing embed variables as needed.

Mike,

Thanks for the advice. I want to make sure I understand your advice. I set up an embed “feed_embed” with the following:

{exp:feedgrab url="{feed_url}" weblog="10" title="title" date="pubDate" use="link|description" fields="iphone_link|iphone_description" refresh="10"}

I kept my “go” template and made the following changes, most notably the last weblog entries loop which embeds the feedgrab code:

{exp:weblog:entries weblog="feed_find"}
  {embed="embeds/feed_embed"}
{/exp:weblog:entries}</code></pre>

Still getting the same error as above.

Warning: MagpieRSS: Failed to fetch {feed_url} (HTTP Error: Invalid protocol “”) in /home/joshmaxr/public_html/afdl_admin_sys/plugins/pi.feedgrab.php on line 1793

Notice: Trying to get property of non-object in /home/joshmaxr/public_html/afdl_admin_sys/plugins/pi.feedgrab.php on line 165

I don’t see where you are passing the embed variable to the embedded template.

Mike,

Thanks for having a look:

I have in my go.php template the following:

{exp:weblog:entries weblog="feed_find"}
  {embed="embeds/feed_embed" my_url="{feed_url}"}
{/exp:weblog:entries}

In my feed_embed.php I have this:

{exp:feedgrab url="{embed:my_url}" weblog="10" title="title" date="pubDate" use="link|description" fields="iphone_link|iphone_description" refresh="10"}

But I am still getting this error:

Warning: MagpieRSS: Failed to fetch /home/joshmaxr/public_html/afdl_admin_sys/plugins/pi.feedgrab.php on line 1793

Notice: Trying to get property of non-object in /home/joshmaxr/public_html/afdl_admin_sys/plugins/pi.feedgrab.php on line 165

Could you let me know if I addressed your feedback

I don’t see where you are passing the embed variable to the embedded template.

Many thanks.

Josh

Yep - the first time you posted the outer loop the embed variable was not getting passed into the embedded template.

Does the plugin grab the feed correctly when used on it’s own and with hardcoded URL?

Mike,

Yeah the plugin works fine on it’s own with the url hardcoded.
I made a post to the Brandnewbox forums a few days ago but no luck, http://brandnewbox.co.uk/forums/viewthread/191/.

Any ideas what I might try next?

I got nuthin’ 😉