Authors CurseForge

Howdy. I opened a ticket [http://www.curseforge.com/projects/curseforge/tickets/3030-files-rss-feed-not-serving-xml/] on the files.rss interface. It stopped returning XML for a few days now.

I was hoping it was transient, however it still exists. I'm surprised that it hasn't been noticed and/or fixed... hence my question - did the interface change and I'm just not aware of it.

Thanks.

What do you mean by "stopped returning XML"? The example in your ticket (the Routes files feed) appears to be working correctly; my browser (Opera) recognizes it as an RSS feed, and when I view the file directly it looks like properly formed XML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<rss version="2.0">
	<channel>
		<title>Latest Routes Files</title>
		<link>http://www.wowace.com/addons/routes/files/</link>
		<description>The latest files available for Routes</description>
		<language>en-us</language>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 01:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<generator>WowAce.com (http://www.wowace.com)</generator>
		<item>
			<title>v1.4.2-1-gedd66e7</title>
			<link>http://www.wowace.com/addons/routes/files/285-v1-4-2-1-gedd66e7/</link>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;Xinhuan:&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;- Fix two more cases over division by 0 that was overlooked.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 01:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://www.wowace.com/addons/routes/files/285-v1-4-2-1-gedd66e7/</guid>
			<comments>http://www.wowace.com/addons/routes/files/285-v1-4-2-1-gedd66e7/</comments>
			<author> no-reply@curseforge.com (Xinhuan)</author>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title>v1.4.2-1-gedd66e7-nolib</title>
			<link>http://www.wowace.com/addons/routes/files/284-v1-4-2-1-gedd66e7-nolib/</link>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;Xinhuan:&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;- Fix two more cases over division by 0 that was overlooked.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 01:04:43 +0000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://www.wowace.com/addons/routes/files/284-v1-4-2-1-gedd66e7-nolib/</guid>
			<comments>http://www.wowace.com/addons/routes/files/284-v1-4-2-1-gedd66e7-nolib/</comments>
			<author> no-reply@curseforge.com (Xinhuan)</author>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title>v1.4.2</title>
			<link>http://www.wowace.com/addons/routes/files/283-v1-4-2/</link>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;tag v1.4.2&lt;br&gt;
68f6ae7b94d968be8ae655ccb38c9b8f206763fb&lt;br&gt;
Xinhuan &amp;lt;&lt;a href=&#34;mailto:%78%69%6e%68%75%61%6e%40%70%61%63%69%66%69%63%2e%6e%65%74%2e%73%67&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;&amp;#120;&amp;#105;&amp;#110;&amp;#104;&amp;#117;&amp;#97;&amp;#110;&amp;#64;&amp;#112;&amp;#97;&amp;#99;&amp;#105;&amp;#102;&amp;#105;&amp;#99;&amp;#46;&amp;#110;&amp;#101;&amp;#116;&amp;#46;&amp;#115;&amp;#103;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;
2011-12-17 22:13:32 +0800&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Tag release v1.4.2&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;--------------------&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Xinhuan:&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;- Update TOC to 40300, version to v1.4.2&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;- Add Brazilian Portuguese localization files.&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;- Fix background optimizing of routes. Fix timers for foreground and background processing when optimizing routes.&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;- Replace 1/0 with math.huge to prevent future errors on PTRs.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 14:16:43 +0000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://www.wowace.com/addons/routes/files/283-v1-4-2/</guid>
			<comments>http://www.wowace.com/addons/routes/files/283-v1-4-2/</comments>
			<author> no-reply@curseforge.com (Xinhuan)</author>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title>v1.4.2-nolib</title>
			<link>http://www.wowace.com/addons/routes/files/282-v1-4-2-nolib/</link>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;tag v1.4.2&lt;br&gt;
68f6ae7b94d968be8ae655ccb38c9b8f206763fb&lt;br&gt;
Xinhuan &amp;lt;&lt;a href=&#34;mailto:%78%69%6e%68%75%61%6e%40%70%61%63%69%66%69%63%2e%6e%65%74%2e%73%67&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;&amp;#120;&amp;#105;&amp;#110;&amp;#104;&amp;#117;&amp;#97;&amp;#110;&amp;#64;&amp;#112;&amp;#97;&amp;#99;&amp;#105;&amp;#102;&amp;#105;&amp;#99;&amp;#46;&amp;#110;&amp;#101;&amp;#116;&amp;#46;&amp;#115;&amp;#103;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;
2011-12-17 22:13:32 +0800&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Tag release v1.4.2&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;--------------------&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Xinhuan:&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;- Update TOC to 40300, version to v1.4.2&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;- Add Brazilian Portuguese localization files.&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;- Fix background optimizing of routes. Fix timers for foreground and background processing when optimizing routes.&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;- Replace 1/0 with math.huge to prevent future errors on PTRs.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 14:16:41 +0000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://www.wowace.com/addons/routes/files/282-v1-4-2-nolib/</guid>
			<comments>http://www.wowace.com/addons/routes/files/282-v1-4-2-nolib/</comments>
			<author> no-reply@curseforge.com (Xinhuan)</author>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title>v1.4.1-4-g8b4c526</title>
			<link>http://www.wowace.com/addons/routes/files/281-v1-4-1-4-g8b4c526/</link>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;Xinhuan:&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;- Update TOC to 40300, version to v1.4.2&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;- Add Brazilian Portuguese localization files.&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;- Fix background optimizing of routes. Fix timers for foreground and background processing when optimizing routes.&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;- Replace 1/0 with math.huge to prevent future errors on PTRs.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 14:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://www.wowace.com/addons/routes/files/281-v1-4-1-4-g8b4c526/</guid>
			<comments>http://www.wowace.com/addons/routes/files/281-v1-4-1-4-g8b4c526/</comments>
			<author> no-reply@curseforge.com (Xinhuan)</author>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title>v1.4.1-4-g8b4c526-nolib</title>
			<link>http://www.wowace.com/addons/routes/files/280-v1-4-1-4-g8b4c526-nolib/</link>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;Xinhuan:&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;- Update TOC to 40300, version to v1.4.2&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;- Add Brazilian Portuguese localization files.&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;- Fix background optimizing of routes. Fix timers for foreground and background processing when optimizing routes.&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;- Replace 1/0 with math.huge to prevent future errors on PTRs.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 14:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://www.wowace.com/addons/routes/files/280-v1-4-1-4-g8b4c526-nolib/</guid>
			<comments>http://www.wowace.com/addons/routes/files/280-v1-4-1-4-g8b4c526-nolib/</comments>
			<author> no-reply@curseforge.com (Xinhuan)</author>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title>v1.4.1-2-g0a30ad7</title>
			<link>http://www.wowace.com/addons/routes/files/279-v1-4-1-2-g0a30ad7/</link>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;Xinhuan:&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;- Fix background optimizing of routes. Fix timers for foreground and background processing when optimizing routes.&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;- Replace 1/0 with math.huge to prevent future errors on PTRs.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 13:56:28 +0000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://www.wowace.com/addons/routes/files/279-v1-4-1-2-g0a30ad7/</guid>
			<comments>http://www.wowace.com/addons/routes/files/279-v1-4-1-2-g0a30ad7/</comments>
			<author> no-reply@curseforge.com (Xinhuan)</author>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title>v1.4.1-2-g0a30ad7-nolib</title>
			<link>http://www.wowace.com/addons/routes/files/278-v1-4-1-2-g0a30ad7-nolib/</link>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;Xinhuan:&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;- Fix background optimizing of routes. Fix timers for foreground and background processing when optimizing routes.&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;- Replace 1/0 with math.huge to prevent future errors on PTRs.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 13:56:27 +0000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://www.wowace.com/addons/routes/files/278-v1-4-1-2-g0a30ad7-nolib/</guid>
			<comments>http://www.wowace.com/addons/routes/files/278-v1-4-1-2-g0a30ad7-nolib/</comments>
			<author> no-reply@curseforge.com (Xinhuan)</author>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title>v1.4.1</title>
			<link>http://www.wowace.com/addons/routes/files/277-v1-4-1/</link>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;tag v1.4.1&lt;br&gt;
81498aff56170538acaef71c9da6ad09b17a43da&lt;br&gt;
Erik Broes &amp;lt;&lt;a href=&#34;mailto:%65%72%69%6b%62%72%6f%65%73%40%67%6d%61%69%6c%2e%63%6f%6d&#34; rel=&#34;nofollow&#34;&gt;&amp;#101;&amp;#114;&amp;#105;&amp;#107;&amp;#98;&amp;#114;&amp;#111;&amp;#101;&amp;#115;&amp;#64;&amp;#103;&amp;#109;&amp;#97;&amp;#105;&amp;#108;&amp;#46;&amp;#99;&amp;#111;&amp;#109;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;
2011-06-30 23:09:12 +0200&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Tag release v1.4.1&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;--------------------&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Erik Broes:&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;- Updated TOC, repackage the latest mapdata&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 21:11:05 +0000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://www.wowace.com/addons/routes/files/277-v1-4-1/</guid>
			<comments>http://www.wowace.com/addons/routes/files/277-v1-4-1/</comments>
			<author> no-reply@curseforge.com (Xinhuan)</author>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

I had to cut out some <item>s to make it fit in a forum post, but it looks fine. Do you see something different?

It is working now. Up through yesterday, it was not (cf. the ticket).

I've verified it's now working properly via Nokogiri (my updater uses this), Chrome, etc.

UPDATE: And now it's broken again.

Example:
[ http://www.wowace.com/addons/routes/files.rss ]

Quote from gamemaster128

I checked your link. It's not broken for me...

Edit: I realize what you might have thought. The link is valid (i.e., not broken), the content is invalid, however.

You don't get stuff like this?
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12952897/Bug/not-xml.png

http://www.wowace.com/addons/routes/files/ The latest files available for Routes en-us Sun, 18 Dec 2011 01:04:45 +0000 WowAce.com (http://www.wowace.com) http://www.wowace.com/addons/routes/files/285-v1-4-2-1-gedd66e7/ <p>Xinhuan:<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;- Fix two more cases over division by 0 that was overlooked.</p> Sun, 18 Dec 2011 01:04:45 +0000 http://www.wowace.com/addons/routes/files/285-v1-4-2-1-gedd66e7/ http://www.wowace.com/addons/routes/files/285-v1-4-2-1-gedd66e7/ no-reply@curseforge.com (Xinhuan) http://www.wowace.com/addons/routes/files/284-v1-4-2-1-gedd66e7-nolib/ <p>Xinhuan:<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;- Fix two more cases over division by 0 that was overlooked.</p> Sun, 18 Dec 2011 01:04:43 +0000 http://www.wowace.com/addons/routes/files/284-v1-4-2-1-gedd66e7-nolib/ http://www.wowace.com/addons/routes/files/284-v1-4-2-1-gedd66e7-nolib/ no-reply@curseforge.com (Xinhuan) http://www.wowace.com/addons/routes/files/283-v1-4-2/ <p>tag v1.4.2<br> 

I don't have Google Chrome installed here at home, but both Opera and Internet Explorer recognize http://www.wowace.com/addons/routes/files.rss as an RSS feed (screenshot). Neither displays the raw XML. If I view the page source, it is valid XML (screenshot).

What's that? Egg on my face? Thanks for your patience. Firefox @work, Chrome @home, and an innocuous script change made me think it was broken, fixed, then broken again.