Simple Update Protocol
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Simple Update Protocol, or SUP, is a protocol developed by FriendFeed to simplify and speed up RSS and Atom feed updates. Updates from services that supported the protocol would appear on FriendFeed within seconds,[1] until support was dropped. These sites include Disqus, Identi.ca, reddit[failed verification].[2]
Functioning[edit]
SUP introduces SUP feeds, which are lists of RSS and Atom feeds that have updated recently. A feed consumer (like FriendFeed, or a feedreader) can regularly poll a small number of SUP feeds instead of polling each individual feed.[1]
RSS and Atom feeds are identified in SUP feeds by an opaque, unique identifier derived from their URL. This allows a SUP feed to index private feeds without revealing their URL.[1]
SUP feeds are intended to be managed by services that publish large amounts of RSS and Atom feeds,[3] though FriendFeed also hosted a public SUP feed which anyone could post updates to.[4] The mechanism for posting updates to a public SUP feed is not standardised.
Past Support[edit]
- Brightkite supported SUP[1] but was itself shutdown in April 2012.
- YouTube's API v2.0 supported SUP,[5] but that version of the API was deprecated in 2014 and YouTube's SUP feed was eventually shut down. YouTube data API v3 supports PubSubHubbub instead.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Paul Buchheit. Simple Update Protocol: Fetch updates from feeds faster, FriendFeed Blog, August 27, 2008.
- ^ Paul Buchheit. Simple Update Protocol: Update, FriendFeed Blog, December 18, 2008.
- ^ Frequently asked questions about SUP
- ^ Public SUP feed, FriendFeed API, archived February 20, 2008 from the original.
- ^ Developer's Guide: Data API Protocol – Simple Update Protocol (SUP), Google Code: Youtube APIs and tools, archived November 13, 2011 from the original.
- ^ Subscribe to Push Notifications, Youtube - Data API
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