Here I would like to discover the current design of SimpleFeed, the project will be based on this module.
Parts
- simplefeed.module
- This is the core module
- Implements node hooks (hook_delete, hook_insert, hook_load, etc), it treats the feed as a node
- Provide a simple UI
- Store informations about the feed
- simplefeed_item.module
- Implement the SimpleFeed hook system
- Store informations about the feed items
- Implements node hooks (hook_delete, hook_insert, hook_load, etc), it treats the feed items as a node too
- UI for the feed item
- simplepie.inc
- Download and parse the feeds
SimpleFeed hook system
The following hooks are present:
- feed_expire: Delete all expired feed items. It is called before the feeds are selected for refresh. Possible chance to regulate the for-refresh feeds.
- feed_parse: Download the feed and parse. Return the items
- feed_save: Create the whatever content (actually nodes) from the items
- feed_validate: Determine if the feed that the user wants to create is acceptable or not (currently: check the URL scheme)
Life of the feed
Here I used some pseudo-function name to achieve simplier sequence diagram.