Which RSS feed reader can access password protected Xwiki RSS?

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Is there any tool (offline tools are appreciated) which can access https and password protected Xwiki RSS feeds?

I have tried thunderbird, chrome plugin RSS reader, thunderbird plugin RSS reader and wget.
Nothing has worked.

If I access the RSS feed request directly inside the browser bar in chrome and firefox and insert my login and my password, I get a plain (raw) version of my personal Xwiki feed. So far so good.
But I can’t check the RSS feed periodically and I don’t get any sound for new entries.

I am looking for a RSS reader for the Xwiki (with https and login credentials).

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Hello,
You can use notification tools of xwiki but if you want RSS feed on https authenticate xwiki site:

  • with firefox (accept cookies), you can use the activity macro feeds:
    /bin/view/Main/WebRss?xpage=plain&outputSyntax=plain&space=MySpace&space=AnotherOne
  • with thunderbird:
    • first import your https certficate (advanced - Certificate - View certificate - windows: admin certificates - add an exception - windows “add a security exception”- type your xwiki url - obtain certificate)
    • subscribe RSS fee with this url (&basicauth=1):
      /bin/view/Main/WebRss?xpage=plain&outputSyntax=plain&space=MySpace&space=FAQ&space=Blog&basicauth=1
    • Add button and type your login/password

Pascal B

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Hi Pascal (Pbas)

Thank you for your very fast response.

The key was to put &basicauth=1 behind the URL for the RSS feed.

This is working with Thunderbird, Chrome and Firefox and wget.

you can also get RSS Xwiki notifications with:
Your knowledge organized - XWiki"

to get the RSS feed with wget (e.g. for external parsing) you can use :
wget --no-check-certificate --http-user=user --http-password=passphrase “Your knowledge organized - XWiki”

So very nice.

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This comment helped me.

So through the mists of time, thanks @tenion !