RSS Feed Integration: Requirements and Implementation Guide

Integrating an RSS feed via FusionOS allows communities to automatically share news and blog updates with residents. Below is an overview of the benefits, requirements, and steps needed to successfully establish the integration.

Key Benefits

• Automated Content Sharing: Once integrated, any new article or blog post published on the chosen external site will automatically appear as a post in the K4Community Plus app.

• Timely Updates: The integration runs nightly, ensuring content is updated daily without manual effort from staff.

• Custom Start Date: You can choose a start date to begin importing articles—this can be set in the past to include relevant prior content.

Requirements

• An RSS Feed: The URL of a blog or news site with the desired RSS feed.

• A Content Start Date: This determines how far back content should be imported. Articles prior to this date will not be included.

• An Enablement Date: A mutually agreed-upon date on which the integration goes live and the content is published to K4Community Plus.

Implementation

1. Submit RSS Feed URL: Share the RSS feed link with the K4 Integrations team.

2. Determine Start Date: Determine the date from which to begin pulling articles from the feed.

3. Enable Integration: K4Connect will activate the integration on the agreed-upon enablement date.

4. Daily Syncing: After enablement, the system will check for new articles every night, and new posts will appear in the K4Community Plus app the next day.