news-articles-guideline

RSS Feed Structure

The RSS feed follows the standard RSS 2.0 format with additional custom elements. Here's an overview of the XML structure:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0" 
     xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
     xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
     xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"
     xmlns:snf="http://www.stocktwits.com/snf">
  <channel>
    <title>Stocktwits News Feed</title>
    <link>https://stocktwits.com/news-articles</link>
    <description>Latest news from Stocktwits</description>
    <language>en-us</language>
    <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2023 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
    <copyright>Copyright 2023 Stocktwits</copyright>
    <snf:logo>
      <url>https://example.com/stocktwits-logo.png</url>
    </snf:logo>
    <snf:darkModeLogo>
      <url>https://example.com/stocktwits-logo-dark.png</url>
    </snf:darkModeLogo>
    <item>
      <title>Example Stocktwits Article</title>
      <link>https://stocktwits.com/news-articles/category/subcategory/article-slug/12345</link>
      <guid>https://stocktwits.com/news-articles/category/subcategory/article-slug/12345</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Article summary...]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Full article content...]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2023 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <lastUpdate>Mon, 01 Jan 2023 14:30:00 -0500</lastUpdate>
      <isUpdated>true</isUpdated>
      <author>John Doe</author>
      <publisher>Stocktwits</publisher>
      <image>
        <url>https://example.com/article-image.jpg</url>
        <source>Stocktwits</source>
        <caption>Image caption</caption>
      </image>
      <media:thumbnail>https://example.com/article-image.jpg</media:thumbnail>
      <language>en</language>
      <symbol>AAPL</symbol>
      <symbol>GOOGL</symbol>
      <category>Technology</category>
      <subcategory>Software</subcategory>
      <tag>Earnings</tag>
      <tag>Market Analysis</tag>
    </item>
  </channel>
</rss>

Channel Elements

• <title>: The title of the news feed
• <link>: URL to the Stocktwits news page
• <description>: A brief description of the feed
• <language>: The language of the feed (always "en-us")
• <pubDate>: The publication date of the feed
• <copyright>: Copyright information
• <snf:logo>: Stocktwits logo URL (custom element)
• <snf:darkModeLogo>: Stocktwits dark mode logo URL (custom element)

Item Elements

Each <item> represents a news article with the following elements:

• <title>: The headline of the article
• <link>: The unique URL of the article
• <guid>: A unique identifier for the article (same as the link)
• <description>: A summary of the article (CDATA-encoded)
• <content:encoded>: The full content of the article (CDATA-encoded)
• <pubDate>: The publication date of the article
• <lastUpdate>: The last modification date of the article
• <isUpdated>: Boolean indicating if the article has been updated
• <author>: The name of the article's author
• <publisher>: Always set to "Stocktwits"
• <image>: Information about the article's featured image
  • <url>: URL of the image
  • <source>: Source of the image (always "Stocktwits")
  • <caption>: Caption for the image
• <media:thumbnail>: URL of the article's thumbnail image
• <language>: The language of the article (always "en")
• <symbol>: Stock symbols associated with the article (can appear multiple times)
• <category>: The main category of the article
• <subcategory>: The subcategory of the article
• <tag>: Tags associated with the article (can appear multiple times)

This structure provides a comprehensive representation of Stocktwits news articles in RSS format, including custom elements for Stocktwits-specific information.