Testing RSS feeds

Question

I am looking to test an RSS Feed I have created and I am looking for some good RSS Feed applications to test with.

Solution 1

Don't just try a bunch and see if it works -validate it. Let me google those for you:

• W3C RSS validator
• Experimental Online RSS 1.0 Validator

Solution 2

http://www.feedvalidator.org/

Solution 3

Firefox should work well enough for basic testing. You could also try using Google reader.

Solution 4

It would be worth testing the feed in Safari.

Also, if you're using Mac OS X, here are some good applications to test it in:

• NetNewsWire
• Apple Mail (comes with OS X)
• NewsFire
• Times

However, if it is a valid feed, you should be OK.

Steve

Solution 5

Don't forget Outlook. Large market share and its own quirks.

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Comments

[dbr]

Do both. The feed might be valid, but be otherwise broken - it could display weirdly, not properly set GUID's and constantly mark all articles as "new" etc..

[Tyler Rafferty]

Google Reader has been discontinued.

[Tyler Rafferty]

Google Reader has been discontinued.