Multiple tags / folders in Google Reader

Question

I want to be able to capture data from multiple tags / folders in Google Reader Google.

I know how to make one http://www.google.com/reader/atom/user/-/label/SOMELABEL , but how would you do two, three, or ten?

Answer 1

It doesn't look like you can get multiple tags / folders in a single request. If possible, you should iterate over different tags / folders and sum them in your application.

[edit] Since it looks like you have a large list of tags / folders that you need to request, an alternative is to get the complete list of entries, and then sort the ones that users want. It looks like each entry has a category item that tells you which tag is associated with it. It is possible in your case.

(Source: http://code.google.com/p/pyrfeed/wiki/GoogleReaderAPI ) (Source: http://www.google.com/reader/atom/user/-/state/com.google/starred )

Answer 2

I think you cannot get aggregated data as you hope. If you think about it, even Google allows you to browse folders or tags one at a time and not bring them together.

You can choose a list of all elements (for each of their available statuses) or a list of a specific tag / folder.

Answer 3

You can do this in 2 queries. First you need to complete the GET request at http://www.google.com/reader/stream/items/ids . It supports several options, such as

• s (required parameter: thread identifier to retrieve, can be determined more than once),
• n (required, number of items to retrieve)
• r for ranking (optional)
• and others (see /ids below)

And then you have to execute the POST request (this is because there can be many identifiers, and therefore the request can be disconnected) before http://www.google.com/reader/api/0/stream/items/contents . The required parameter i , which contains the identifier of the feed item (can be defined more than once).

This should return data from multiple channels (as returned for me).