Feeds
Platforms that require monitoring for changes are called feeds, which include RSS, YouTube, Reddit, and TikTok. You can choose how frequently a feed is checked for updates (Refresh Tier).
When new posts or videos are found, they are sent as notifications to Discord.
Note
YouTube and TikTok require you to link your account before you can use them as feeds.
Refresh Tiers
Refresh tier is directly tied to how much credits a feed costs. Keep in mind that feeds are often cached (don't update immediately) on the provider side, so choosing a refresh rate lover than what a feed updates at is pointless and wasteful of credits.
| Refresh Tier | Average delivery time |
|---|---|
| Extra-Fast | 1 min |
| Fast | 3 min |
| Standard | 7.5 min |
| Moderate | 30 min |
| Slow | 120 min (2 hrs) |
| Extra-slow | 240 min (4 hrs) |
Tip
Free users are limited to receiving up to 3 notifications at a time so it's recommended to start with Standard and adjust based on the number of notifications received with each feed update.
Testing
After adding a feed it should always be tested to see if the whole system works for getting the notification from the feed to transforming to a discord message and finally sending it to the specified channel.
This can can be either done in discord with the /test command that is specific for each feed type or clicking the test button on in the web dashboard for that feed.
View Logs
Every time a feed is fetched it produces the corresponding logs, keep in mind that logs generally take the same amount of time as the Refresh Tier duration to show up.
The last 20 logs can be viewed using /logs feed discord command or from the web dashboard. Logs are kept for 7 days after which they are deleted.
List Feeds
To list all feeds use /list feeds discord command or go to the web dashboard.
The Status displays correspond to:
- Destination - Discord Webhook is able to send messages to the channel.
- Feed - Feed data is available.
- Enabled - Only used in the event of having negative credits (premium expiry).
Removing
To remove a feed use /remove feed or delete from the web dashboard. After successfully removing a feed the credits used for it are refunded.
