2013-01-02 21:20:36 +00:00
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layout: post
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title: "Pubsubhubbub with Octopress"
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date: 2013-01-02 21:44
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comments: true
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categories: superfeedr octopress pubsubhubbub real-time
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---
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In this article I explain how to set up octopress with
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[pubsubhubbub](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PubSubHubbub), to get
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push-enabled feeds. In my example I use [superfeedr](http://superfeedr.com/), which is free to use.
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After you signup up a hub, in my case [higgsboson.superfeedr.com](http://higgsboson.superfeedr.com),
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you have to add a hub reference to your atom feed.
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```yaml _config.yml
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# ....
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# pubsubhubbub
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hub_url: http://higgsboson.superfeedr.com/ # <--- replace this with your hub
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```
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Insert this line:
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{% raw %}
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``` xml
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{% if site.hub_url %}<link href="{{ site.hub_url }}" rel="hub"/>{% endif %}
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```
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{% endraw %}
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into `source/atom.xml`. So it looks like this:
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{% raw %}
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```xml source/atom.xml
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
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<title><![CDATA[{{ site.title }}]]></title>
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<link href="{{ site.url }}/atom.xml" rel="self"/>
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<link href="{{ site.url }}/"/>
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{% if site.hub_url %}<link href="{{ site.hub_url }}" rel="hub"/>{% endif %}
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<updated>{{ site.time | date_to_xmlschema }}</updated>
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<id>{{ site.url }}/</id>
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<author>
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<name><![CDATA[{{ site.author | strip_html }}]]></name>
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{% if site.email %}<email><![CDATA[{{ site.email }}]]></email>{% endif %}
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</author>
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<generator uri="http://octopress.org/">Octopress</generator>
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{% for post in site.posts limit: 20 %}
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<entry>
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<title type="html"><![CDATA[{{ post.title | cdata_escape }}]]></title>
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<link href="{{ site.url }}{{ post.url }}"/>
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<updated>{{ post.date | date_to_xmlschema }}</updated>
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<id>{{ site.url }}{{ post.id }}</id>
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<content type="html"><![CDATA[{{ post.content | expand_urls: site.url | cdata_escape }}]]></content>
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</entry>
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{% endfor %}
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</feed>
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```
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{% endraw %}
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To push out updates, you have to ping your hub, this is easily done in your
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deploy rake task.
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Add these lines to the end of your deploy task in your Rakefile:
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```ruby
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require 'net/http'
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require 'uri'
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hub_url = "higgsboson.superfeedr.com" # <--- replace this with your hub
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atom_url = "http://blog.higgsboson.tk/atom.xml" # <--- replace this with your full feed url
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resp, data = Net::HTTP.post_form(URI.parse(hub_url),
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{'hub.mode' => 'publish',
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'hub.url' => atom_url})
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raise "!! Hub notification error: #{resp.code} #{resp.msg}, #{data}" unless resp.code == "204"
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puts "## Notified hub (" + hub_url + ") that feed #{atom_url} has been updated"
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```
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So you end up with something like this:
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``` ruby Rakefile
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desc "Default deploy task"
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task :deploy do
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# Check if preview posts exist, which should not be published
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if File.exists?(".preview-mode")
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puts "## Found posts in preview mode, regenerating files ..."
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File.delete(".preview-mode")
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Rake::Task[:generate].execute
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end
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Rake::Task[:copydot].invoke(source_dir, public_dir)
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Rake::Task["#{deploy_default}"].execute
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require 'net/http'
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require 'uri'
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hub_url = "higgsboson.superfeedr.com" # <--- replace this with your hub
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atom_url = "http://blog.higgsboson.tk/atom.xml" # <--- replace this with your full feed url
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resp, data = Net::HTTP.post_form(URI.parse(hub_url),
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{'hub.mode' => 'publish',
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'hub.url' => atom_url})
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raise "!! Hub notification error: #{resp.code} #{resp.msg}, #{data}" unless resp.code == "204"
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puts "## Notified hub (" + hub_url + ") that feed #{atom_url} has been updated"
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end
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```
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Now whenever you run `rake deploy`, it will automaticly update your hub.
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2013-01-02 21:20:36 +00:00
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If you have a jabber or google talk account, you can easily verify your setup by adding
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[push-bot](https://push-bot.appspot.com/) to your contact list and subscribe to
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your feed.
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