Diffbot Provider
The diffbot provider monitors standard web sites new stories.This provider is mostly used, when there are no RSS feeds or Twitter accounts that cover the same content. The basis of this provider are the APIs offered by Diffbot.
| Provider name | diffbot |
|---|---|
| Type | Polling provider |
Table of Contents
Configuration
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| url | The URL to monitor for changes. |
Configuration Example
This is an example configuration for monitoring the squirro.com web site for changes.
{
"url": "http://squirro.com/"
}
Using the Python SDK a subscription for this could be created with the following code snippet:
client = SquirroClient(None, None, cluster='https://next.squirro.net/')
client.authenticate(refresh_token='293d…a13b')
client.new_subscription(project_id, object_id='default', provider='diffbot',
config={'url': 'http://squirro.com/'})
Item Format
No special keywords are added to items created by this provider.
Licensing
The Diffbot provider needs to be licensed separately. Because this is a polling provider, the cost have to be considered based on number of configurations and the retry interval.