Blog the Ripper is an open-source, highly-extensible script to convert standard HTML web logs into RSS feeds. While there are other such tools available on the Internet, those tools are often generically built, showing making mistakes in parsing the log due to special formatting on the source. Blog the Ripper is different in that there is no generic parser; instead, you must specify a special parser class that is tailored to precisely handle a certain formatting of the source. This is perhaps best applied to free blogging services where formatting would be common across all blogs hosted by them.
?url=URL&parser=PARSER[&limit=LIMIT]
URL should be the full URL to the most recent page of the blog you are trying to read. This is important because the cursor moves in a forward-only direction to accomodate blogs with paging (i.e. Next 5). Use proper request encoding if the URL includes special characters such as & or /.
PARSER should be an URL to a compatible Parser class. You may specify a parser class hosted elsewhere, or choose one of the locally available parser classes listed below. The URL can be absolute or relative. Again, use proper request encoding.
LIMIT is an optional parameter that specifies the maximum number of recent entries to retrieve before stopping. If not specified, the script will default to 16.
To use these parsers, just copy the bolded path into the Parser field above.
By downloading the following source and parser libraries, you agree to adhere to the terms as set out in the Creative Commons license under which this script is licensed, as well as to the disclaimer as set out below. If you make a new parser, please, please, send me a copy so that I can add it to the list here. You, of course, will get proper attribution.
Blog the Ripper (the "SCRIPT") is licensed under a Creative Commons licence. Jasper Yeh (the "AUTHOR") is not responsible for the applications of the Script, or the content (including, but not limited to, text, images and links) of the pages upon which this Script is applied.
If you must contact me, my e-mail address is wlru@ratznvy.hjngreybb.pn. Please note that I'm fairly busy, so be patient. I believe the instructions above to be more than sufficient, but if you still need help, there are a great deal of resources available online that are only a Google away.