appirio-tech/tc1-rss-service

Name: tc1-rss-service

Owner: Topcoder

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Created: 2014-12-29 17:46:24.0

Updated: 2015-03-27 17:24:18.0

Pushed: 2015-04-17 20:22:50.0

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Language: JavaScript

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README

Usage

Supported parameters

• track: optional (default = “all”). valid values are {“all”, “develop”, “design”, “data”}. Two other deprecated parameters are also accepted (for backwards compatibility) but are disregarded if track is supplied: type, contestType
• list: optional (default = “active”). valid values are {“active”, “open”, “past”, “upcoming”}

Parameters supported only for design/develop tracks

• challengeType optional, no default. Valid only for develop and design tracks
• technologies
• platforms

Examples

/challenges/feed?track=design&list=upcoming /challenges/feed?track=all&list=upcoming /challenges/feed?track=develop&list=open&technologies=JavaScript

Running

Underlying APIs used

http://docs.tcapi.apiary.io/#softwarechallenges

Required ENV params

• API_HOST || “http://api.topcoder.com”

to support the RSS headers:

• FEED_TITLE
• FEED_DESC
• FEED_URL
• FEED_SITE_URL

Optional ENV params

• CACHE_TIME || 5 //in minutes
• REQUEST_TIMEOUT || 25 //inbound timeout (seconds)
• API_TIMEOUT || 20 //outbound TC API timeout (seconds)
• PAGE_SIZE || 51 // page size sent to TC API
• DESC_TRUNC_LENGTH || 500 // number of characters to limit challenge description included in feed