Errors when updating RSS feed

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I have been following these instructions to setup an RSS feed for my department. When I go to update my RSS feed for step 20 I get an error that says

“traceback”:null}

and If I check Docker logs I find

File “/opt/specify7/specifyweb/export/views.py”, line 169, in try_update_feed
update_feed(force=True, notify_user=user)
File “/opt/specify7/specifyweb/export/feed.py”, line 37, in update_feed
raise MissingFeedResource()
specifyweb.export.feed.MissingFeedResource

I have an an RSS export feed named ExportFeed shown below

<channel>
<title>K-State RSS Feed
<description>RSS feed for Kansas State Universities database
<item collectionId=“7” userId=“1” notifyUserId=“1” definition=“DWCA_VascularPlants” metadata=“DWCA_VascularPlants_MetaData” days=“7” filename=“ksu-VascularPlants.zip” publish=“true”>
<title>Kansas State University Vascular Plants
<id>bb3d2892-e436-11e8-af15-1288953ea742
</item>
</channel>

I’m not sure if this is an issue with my export feed or my DWCA resource defenitions.

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Hi @isl3,

It looks like you are missing the closing tags for several of the lines in your RSS ExportFeed app resource.

Current:

<channel>
<title>K-State RSS Feed
<description>RSS feed for Kansas State Universities database
<item collectionId=“7” userId=“1” notifyUserId=“1” definition=“DWCA_VascularPlants” metadata=“DWCA_VascularPlants_MetaData” days=“7” filename=“ksu-VascularPlants.zip” publish=“true”>
<title>Kansas State University Vascular Plants
<id>bb3d2892-e436-11e8-af15-1288953ea742
</item>
</channel>

Fixed:

<channel>
  <title>K-State RSS Feed</title>
  <description>RSS feed for Kansas State Universities database</description>
  <item collectionId="7" userId="1" notifyUserId="1" definition="DWCA_VascularPlants" metadata="DWCA_VascularPlants_MetaData" days="7" filename="ksu-VascularPlants.zip" publish="true">
    <title>Kansas State University Vascular Plants</title>
    <id>bb3d2892-e436-11e8-af15-1288953ea742</id>
  </item>
</channel>

All I needed to do was add closing tags where they were missing missing (</description>, </title>, etc.)

If this does not resolve your issue, can you download and attach the contents of the DWCA_VascularPlants_MetaData and DWCA_VascularPlants app resources? If one of those are missing (or the name is not exact), it can result in the same error.

3

Apologies for the confusion the missing closing tags is caused by formatting from discourse i’ve attached my export feed DWCA_VascularPlants and DWCA_VasculaPlants_MetaData

ExportFeed.xml (450 Bytes)

DWCA_VascularPlants.txt (5.3 KB)

DWCA_VascularPlants_MetaData.txt (1.3 KB)

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Hi @isl3,

We can only provide technical support for members of the Specify Collections Consortium (SCC). If your organization is an SCC member or you have additional questions, please email membership@specifysoftware.org. Once we confirm your institution has joined as a member, we can continue resolving your issue.

Apologies for the inconvenience!