How to Make a Web App That Pulls Facebook and Twitter Feeds
By far the easiest way to pull in feed information from both Facebook and Twitter is by using an RSS feed widget service that generates the appropriate code to include in your Web application. FeedWind, RSSpump and RSSinclude are three such sites. Although you could use any preferred feed widget service, the steps to complete this task are basic. The process at RSSinclude is typical of that at most RSS feed widget services. You must have started programming your Web app and have an HTML document into which to copy the feed widgets.
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Instructions
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Go to the RSSinclude website in your browser and click the "Start: Create a New RSS Feed Widget" button on the main page. On the next screen, click the "Create Now" link for the "Simple Vertical List" template.
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Paste the RSS feed address for your Facebook or Twitter feed into the top box below the "Input Feeds" tab. Click the "Add Feed" button, and the feed contents display on the right side.
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Click the "Include" tab and then click the "Login" button. If you haven't registered with RSSinclude before, click the "Register for Free" button. After logging into your RSSinclude account, you're shown the code for the feed.
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Copy the code from the RSSinclude website. Open your Web app's HTML file in a text editor and paste the code in a suitable location between the two "<body>" tags in the document.
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Save the Web app's HTML file to ensure you don't lose any important additions. Repeat Steps 2 through 4 with the second feed address you wish to include in your app and save the file again.
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Tips & Warnings
You can obtain the feed address for any Facebook business page by going to that page, then right-click the "Get Updates via RSS" link and select "Copy Link Address." To get the feed address of your personal Facebook page, click the Notifications icon at the upper left corner of your page. Click "See All Notifications." Click "RSS" on the page that opens. Copy the information.
You can get the RSS feed for any Twitter profile by using a specific feed address and replacing the value behind "screen_name=" with the profile's username. Use this feed address and replace "username" with the exact username of the Twitter feed: "http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/user_timeline.rss?screen_name=username".
