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- <sect1 id="zend.feed.pubsubhubbub.introduction">
- <title>Zend_Feed_Pubsubhubbub</title>
- <para>
- <classname>Zend_Feed_Pubsubhubbub</classname> ist eine Implementation der PubSubHubbub Core
- 0.2 Spezifikation (Working Draft). Sie bietet eine Implementation eines Pubsubhubbub
- Publizisten und Abonnenten geeignet für den Zend Framework und andere PHP Anwendungen.
- </para>
- <sect2 id="zend.feed.pubsubhubbub.what.is.pubsubhubbub">
- <title>Was ist Pubsubhubbub?</title>
- <para>
- Pubsubhubbub ist ein offenes, einfaches Web-skalierbares Pubsub Protokoll. Der normale
- Anwendungsfall ist es Blogs (Publizist) zu erlauben Aktualisierungen von deren RSS oder
- Atom Feeds (Themen) an Abonnenten zu "senden". Diese Abonenten müssen dem RSS oder Atom
- Feed des Blogs über einen Hub abonniert haben. Das ist ein zentraler Server der
- benachrichtigt wird wenn es Aktualisierungen des Publizisten gibt und diese anschließend
- an alle Abonnenten verteilt. Jeder Feed kann bekanntgeben das er ein oder mehrere Hubs
- unterstützen indem ein Atom Namespaced Linkelement mit dem Rel Attribut "hub" verwendet
- wird.
- </para>
- <para>
- Pubsubhubbub hat Aufmerksamkeit erlangt weil es ein Pubsub Protokoll ist das einfach zu
- implementieren ist und über HTTP arbeitet. Seine Philosophie ist es das traditionelle
- Modell zu ersetzen indem Blog Feeds mit einem regulären Interfall abgefragt werden um
- Aktualisierungen zu erkennen und zu empfangen. Abhängig von der Frequenz der Abfrage
- kann es viel Zeit in Anspruch nehmen Aktualisierungen an interessierte Menschen bei
- Sammelstellen bis zu Desktop Lesern, bekannt zu machen. Mit der Verwendung eines
- Pubsub Systems werden Aktualisierungen nicht einfach von Abonnenten abgefragt sondern
- an die Abonnenten geschickt, was jegliche Verzögerung ausschaltet. Aus diesem Grund
- fungiert Pubsubhubbub als Teil von dem was als Echt-Zeit Web bekannt ist.
- </para>
- <para>
- The protocol does not exist in isolation. Pubsub systems have been around for a while,
- such as the familiar Jabber Publish-Subscribe protocol, XEP-0060, or the less well known
- rssCloud (described in 2001). However these have not achieved widespread adoption typically
- due to either their complexity, poor timing or lack of suitability for web applications.
- rssCloud, which was recently revived as a response to the appearance of Pubsubhubbub, has
- also seen its usage increase significantly though it lacks a formal specification and
- currently does not support Atom 1.0 feeds.
- </para>
- <para>
- Perhaps surprisingly given its relative early age, Pubsubhubbub is already in use including
- in Google Reader, Feedburner, and there are plugins available for Wordpress blogs.
- </para>
- </sect2>
- <sect2 id="zend.feed.pubsubhubbub.architecture">
- <title>Architecture</title>
- <para>
- <classname>Zend_Feed_Pubsubhubbub</classname> implements two sides of the Pubsubhubbub
- 0.2 Specification: a Publisher and a Subscriber. It does not currently implement a Hub
- Server though this is in progress for a future Zend Framework release.
- </para>
- <para>
- A Publisher is responsible for notifying all supported Hubs (many can be supported to
- add redundancy to the system) of any updates to its feeds, whether they be Atom or RSS
- based. This is achieved by pinging the supported Hub Servers with the URL of the updated
- feed. In Pubsubhubbub terminology, any updatable resource capable of being subscribed
- to is referred to as a Topic. Once a ping is received, the Hub will request the updated
- feed, process it for updated items, and forward all updates to all Subscribers
- subscribed to that feed.
- </para>
- <para>
- A Subscriber is any party or application which subscribes to one or more Hubs to receive
- updates from a Topic hosted by a Publisher. The Subscriber never directly communicates
- with the Publisher since the Hub acts as an intermediary, accepting subscriptions and
- sending updates to subscribed Subscribers. The Subscriber therefore communicates only
- with the Hub, either to subscribe/unsubscribe to Topics, or when it receives updates
- from the Hub. This communication design ("Fat Pings") effectively removes the possibility of
- a "Thundering Herd" issue. This occurs in a pubsub system where the Hub merely informs
- Subscribers that an update is available, prompting all Subscribers to immediately retrieve
- the feed from the Publisher giving rise to a traffic spike. In Pubsubhubbub, the Hub
- distributes the actual update in a "Fat Ping" so the Publisher is not subjected to any
- traffic spike.
- </para>
- <para>
- <classname>Zend_Feed_Pubsubhubbub</classname> implements Pubsubhubbub Publishers and
- Subscribers with the
- classes <classname>Zend_Feed_Pubsubhubbub_Publisher</classname> and
- <classname>Zend_Feed_Pubsubhubbub_Subscriber</classname>. In addition, the Subscriber
- implementation may handle any feed updates forwarded from a Hub by using
- <classname>Zend_Feed_Pubsubhubbub_Subscriber_Callback</classname>. These classes, their
- use cases, and APIs are covered in subsequent sections.
- </para>
- </sect2>
- <sect2 id="zend.feed.pubsubhubbub.zend.feed.pubsubhubbub.publisher">
- <title>Zend_Feed_Pubsubhubbub_Publisher</title>
- <para>
- In Pubsubhubbub, the Publisher is the party who publishes a live feed and frequently updates
- it with new content. This may be a blog, an aggregator, or even a web service with a public
- feed based API. In order for these updates to be pushed to Subscribers, the Publisher
- must notify all of its supported Hubs that an update has occured using a simple HTTP POST
- request containing the URI or the updated Topic (i.e the updated RSS or Atom feed). The Hub
- will confirm receipt of the notification, fetch the updated feed, and forward any updates to
- any Subscribers who have subscribed to that Hub for updates from the relevant feed.
- </para>
- <para>
- By design, this means the Publisher has very little to do except send these Hub pings
- whenever its feeds change. As a result, the Publisher implementation is extremely
- simple to use and requires very little work to setup and use when feeds are updated.
- </para>
- <para>
- <classname>Zend_Feed_Pubsubhubbub_Publisher</classname> implements a full Pubsubhubbub
- Publisher. Its setup for use is also simple, requiring mainly that it is configured with
- the URI endpoint for all Hubs to be notified of updates, and the URIs of all Topics to
- be included in the notifications.
- </para>
- <para>
- The following example shows a Publisher notifying a collection of Hubs about updates to
- a pair of local RSS and Atom feeds. The class retains a collection of errors which
- include the Hub URLs, so the notification can be re-attempted later and/or logged if any
- notifications happen to fail. Each resulting error array also includes a "response" key
- containing the related HTTP response object. In the event of any errors, it is strongly
- recommended to attempt the operation for failed Hub Endpoints at least once more at a
- future time. This may require the use of either a scheduled task for this purpose or
- a job queue though such extra steps are optional.
- </para>
- <programlisting language="php"><![CDATA[
- $publisher = new Zend_Feed_Pubsubhubbub_Publisher;
- $publisher->addHubUrls(array(
- 'http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/',
- 'http://hubbub.example.com',
- ));
- $publisher->addUpdatedTopicUrls(array(
- 'http://www.example.net/rss',
- 'http://www.example.net/atom',
- ));
- $publisher->notifyAll();
- if (!$publisher->isSuccess()) {
- // check for errors
- $errors = $publisher->getErrors();
- $failedHubs = array()
- foreach ($errors as $error) {
- $failedHubs[] = $error['hubUrl'];
- }
- }
- // reschedule notifications for the failed Hubs in $failedHubs
- ]]></programlisting>
- <para>
- If you prefer having more concrete control over the Publisher, the methods
- <methodname>addHubUrls()</methodname> and <methodname>addUpdatedTopicUrls()</methodname>
- pass each array value to the singular <methodname>addHubUrl()</methodname> and
- <methodname>addUpdatedTopicUrl()</methodname> public methods. There are also matching
- <methodname>removeUpdatedTopicUrl()</methodname> and
- <methodname>removeHubUrl()</methodname> methods.
- </para>
- <para>
- You can also skip setting Hub URIs, and notify each in turn using the
- <methodname>notifyHub()</methodname> method which accepts the URI of a Hub endpoint as
- its only argument.
- </para>
- <para>
- There are no other tasks to cover. The Publisher implementation is very simple since
- most of the feed processing and distribution is handled by the selected Hubs. It is
- however important to detect errors and reschedule notifications as soon as possible
- (with a reasonable maximum number of retries) to ensure notifications reach all
- Subscribers. In many cases as a final alternative, Hubs may frequently poll your
- feeds to offer some additional tolerance for failures both in terms of their own
- temporary downtime or Publisher errors/downtime.
- </para>
- </sect2>
- <sect2 id="zend.feed.pubsubhubbub.zend.feed.pubsubhubbub.subscriber">
- <title>Zend_Feed_Pubsubhubbub_Subscriber</title>
- <para>
- In Pubsubhubbub, the Subscriber is the party who wishes to receive updates to any Topic (RSS
- or Atom feed). They achieve this by subscribing to one or more of the Hubs advertised by
- that Topic, usually as a set of one or more Atom 1.0 links with a rel attribute of "hub". The
- Hub from that point forward will send an Atom or RSS feed containing all updates to that
- Subscriber's Callback URL when it receives an update notification from the Publisher. In
- this way, the Subscriber need never actually visit the original feed (though it's still
- recommended at some level to ensure updates are retrieved if ever a Hub goes offline). All
- subscription requests must contain the URI of the Topic being subscribed and a Callback URL
- which the Hub will use to confirm the subscription and to forward updates.
- </para>
- <para>
- The Subsciber therefore has two roles. To create and manage subscriptions, including
- subscribing for new Topics with a Hub, unsubscribing (if necessary), and periodically
- renewing subscriptions since they may have a limited validity as set by the Hub. This is handled
- by <classname>Zend_Feed_Pubsubhubbub_Subscriber</classname>.
- </para>
- <para>
- The second role is to accept updates sent by a Hub to the Subscriber's Callback URL, i.e.
- the URI the Subscriber has assigned to handle updates. The Callback URL also handles events
- where the Hub contacts the Subscriber to confirm all subscriptions and unsubscriptions.
- This is handled by using an instance of
- <classname>Zend_Feed_Pubsubhubbub_Subscriber_Callback</classname> when the Callback URL is
- accessed.
- </para>
- <important>
- <para>
- <classname>Zend_Feed_Pubsubhubbub_Subscriber</classname> implements the Pubsubhubbub 0.2
- Specification. As this is a new specification version not all Hubs currently implement
- it. The new specification allows the Callback URL to include a query string which is
- used by this class, but not supported by all Hubs. In the interests of maximising
- compatibility it is therefore recommended that the query string component of the
- Subscriber Callback URI be presented as a path element, i.e. recognised as a
- parameter in the route associated with the Callback URI and used by the application's
- Router.
- </para>
- </important>
- <sect3 id="zend.feed.pubsubhubbub.zend.feed.pubsubhubbub.subscriber.subscribing.and.unsubscribing">
- <title>Subscribing and Unsubscribing</title>
- <para>
- <classname>Zend_Feed_Pubsubhubbub_Subscriber</classname> implements a full Pubsubhubbub
- Subscriber capable of subscribing to, or unsubscribing from, any Topic via any Hub
- advertised by that Topic. It operates in conjunction with
- <classname>Zend_Feed_Pubsubhubbub_Subscriber_Callback</classname> which accepts requests
- from a Hub to confirm all subscription or unsubscription attempts (to prevent
- third-party misuse).
- </para>
- <para>
- Any subscription (or unsubscription) requires the relevant information before
- proceeding, i.e. the URI of the Topic (Atom or RSS feed) to be subscribed to for
- updates, and the URI of the endpoint for the Hub which will handle the subscription and
- forwarding of the updates. The lifetime of a subscription may be determined by the
- Hub but most Hubs should support automatic subscription refreshes by checking with
- the Subscriber. This is supported by <classname>Zend_Feed_Pubsubhubbub_Subscriber_Callback</classname>
- and requires no other work on your part. It is still strongly recommended that you use
- the Hub sourced subscription time to live (ttl) to schedule the creation of new subscriptions
- (the process is identical to that for any new subscription) to refresh it with the Hub.
- While it should not be necessary per se, it covers cases where a Hub may not support
- automatic subscription refreshing and rules out Hub errors for additional redundancy.
- </para>
- <para>
- With the relevant information to hand, a subscription can be attempted as
- demonstrated below:
- </para>
- <programlisting language="php"><![CDATA[
- $storage = new Zend_Feed_Pubsubhubbub_Model_Subscription;
- $subscriber = new Zend_Feed_Pubsubhubbub_Subscriber;
- $subscriber->setStorage($storage);
- $subscriber->addHubUrl('http://hubbub.example.com');
- $subscriber->setTopicUrl('http://www.example.net/rss.xml');
- $subscriber->setCallbackUrl('http://www.mydomain.com/hubbub/callback');
- $subscriber->subscribeAll();
- ]]></programlisting>
- <para>
- In order to store subscriptions and offer access to this data for general use,
- the component requires a database (a schema is provided later in this section).
- By default, it is assumed the table name is "subscription" and it utilises
- <classname>Zend_Db_Table_Abstract</classname> in the background meaning it
- will use the default adapter you have set for your application. You may also
- pass a specific custom <classname>Zend_Db_Table_Abstract</classname> instance
- into the associated model <classname>Zend_Feed_Pubsubhubbub_Model_Subscription</classname>.
- This custom adapter may be as simple in intent as changing the table name to use or as
- complex as you deem necessary.
- </para>
- <para>
- While this Model is offered as a default ready-to-roll solution, you may create your
- own Model using any other backend or database layer (e.g. Doctrine) so long as the
- resulting class implements the interface
- <classname>Zend_Feed_Pubsubhubbub_Model_SubscriptionInterface</classname>.
- </para>
- <para>
- Behind the scenes, the Subscriber above will send a request to the Hub endpoint containing the
- following parameters (based on the previous example):
- </para>
- <table id="zend.feed.pubsubhubbub.zend.feed.pubsubhubbub.subscriber.subscribing.and.unsubscribing.table">
- <title>Subscription request parameters</title>
- <tgroup cols="3">
- <thead>
- <row>
- <entry>Parameter</entry>
- <entry>Value</entry>
- <entry>Explanation</entry>
- </row>
- </thead>
- <tbody>
- <row>
- <entry>hub.callback</entry>
- <entry>http://www.mydomain.com/hubbub/callback?xhub.subscription=5536df06b5dcb966edab3a4c4d56213c16a8184</entry>
- <entry>
- <para>
- The URI used by a Hub to contact the Subscriber and either request
- confirmation of a (un)subscription request or send updates from
- subscribed feeds. The appended query string contains a custom
- parameter (hence the xhub designation). It is a query string
- parameter preserved by the Hub and resent with all Subscriber
- requests. Its purpose is to allow the Subscriber to identify and
- look up the subscription associated with any Hub request in a
- backend storage medium. This is a non-standard parameter used by
- this component in preference to encoding a subscription key in the
- URI path which is more difficult to implement in a Zend Framework
- application.
- </para>
- <para>
- Nevertheless, since not all Hubs support query string parameters,
- we still strongly recommend adding the subscription key as a path component
- in the form http://www.mydomain.com/hubbub/callback/5536df06b5dcb966edab3a4c4d56213c16a8184.
- To accomplish this, it requires defining a route capable of parsing out the final
- value of the key and then retrieving the value and passing it to the Subscriber
- Callback object. The value would be passed into the method
- <methodname>Zend_Pubsubhubbub_Subscriber_Callback::setSubscriptionKey()</methodname>.
- A detailed example is offered later.
- </para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>hub.lease_seconds</entry>
- <entry>2592000</entry>
- <entry>
- <para>
- The number of seconds for which the Subscriber would like a new
- subscription to remain valid for (i.e. a TTL). Hubs may enforce their own maximum
- subscription period. All subscriptions should be renewed by simply
- re-subscribing before the subscription period ends to ensure
- continuity of updates. Hubs should additionally attempt to automatically
- refresh subscriptions before they expire by contacting Subscribers (handled
- automatically by the Callback class).
- </para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>hub.mode</entry>
- <entry>subscribe</entry>
- <entry>
- <para>
- Simple value indicating this is a subscription request.
- Unsubscription requests would use the "unsubscribe" value.
- </para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>hub.topic</entry>
- <entry>http://www.example.net/rss.xml</entry>
- <entry>
- <para>
- The URI of the topic (i.e. Atom or RSS feed) which the Subscriber
- wishes to subscribe to for updates.
- </para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>hub.verify</entry>
- <entry>sync</entry>
- <entry>
- <para>
- Indicates to the Hub the preferred mode of verifying subscriptions
- or unsubscriptions. It is repeated twice in order of preference. Technically
- this component does not distinguish between the two modes and treats both
- equally.
- </para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>hub.verify</entry>
- <entry>async</entry>
- <entry>
- <para>
- Indicates to the Hub the preferred mode of verifying subscriptions
- or unsubscriptions. It is repeated twice in order of preference. Technically
- this component does not distinguish between the two modes and treats both
- equally.
- </para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry>hub.verify_token</entry>
- <entry>3065919804abcaa7212ae89.879827871253878386</entry>
- <entry>
- <para>
- A verification token returned to the Subscriber by the Hub when it
- is confirming a subscription or unsubscription. Offers a measure of
- reliance that the confirmation request originates from the correct
- Hub to prevent misuse.
- </para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- </tbody>
- </tgroup>
- </table>
- <para>
- You can modify several of these parameters to indicate a different preference. For
- example, you can set a different lease seconds value using
- <methodname>Zend_Pubsubhubbub_Subscriber::setLeaseSeconds()</methodname> or show a
- preference for the async verify mode by using <code>
- setPreferredVerificationMode(Zend_Feed_Pubsubhubbub::VERIFICATION_MODE_ASYNC)</code>.
- However the Hubs retain the capability to enforce their own preferences and for this
- reason the component is deliberately designed to work across almost any set of options
- with minimum end-user configuration required. Conventions are great when they work!
- </para>
- <note>
- <para>
- While Hubs may require the use of a specific verification mode (both are supported
- by <classname>Zend_Pubsubhubbub</classname>), you may indicate a specific preference
- using the <methodname>setPreferredVerificationMode()</methodname> method. In "sync"
- (synchronous) mode, the Hub attempts to confirm a subscription as soon as it is
- received, and before responding to the subscription request. In "async"
- (asynchronous) mode, the Hub will return a response to the subscription request
- immediately, and its verification request may occur at a later time. Since
- <classname>Zend_Pubsubhubbub</classname> implements the Subscriber verification role
- as a separate callback class and requires the use of a backend storage medium, it
- actually supports both transparently though in terms of end-user performance,
- asynchronous verification is very much preferred to eliminate the impact of a
- poorly performing Hub tying up end-user server resources and connections for
- too long.
- </para>
- </note>
- <para>
- Unsubscribing from a Topic follows the exact same pattern as the previous example, with
- the exception that we should call <methodname>unsubscribeAll()</methodname> instead. The
- parameters included are identical to a subscription request with the exception that
- "hub.mode" is set to "unsubscribe".
- </para>
- <para>
- By default, a new instance of <classname>Zend_Pubsubhubbub_Subscriber</classname> will
- attempt to use a database backed storage medium which defaults to using the default
- <classname>Zend_Db</classname> adapter with a table name of "subscription".
- It is recommended to set a custom storage solution where these defaults are not apt either
- by passing in a new Model supporting the required interface or by passing a new instance
- of <classname>Zend_Db_Table_Abstract</classname> to the default Model's constructor to change
- the used table name.
- </para>
- </sect3>
- <sect3 id="zend.feed.pubsubhubbub.zend.feed.pubsubhubbub.subscriber.handling.hub.callbacks">
- <title>Handling Subscriber Callbacks</title>
- <para>
- Whenever a subscription or unsubscription request is made, the Hub must verify the
- request by forwarding a new verification request to the Callback URL set in the
- subscription/unsubscription parameters. To handle these Hub requests, which will include
- all future communications containing Topic (feed) updates, the Callback URL should trigger the
- execution of an instance of <classname>Zend_Pubsubhubbub_Subscriber_Callback</classname>
- to handle the request.
- </para>
- <para>
- The Callback class should be configured to use the same storage medium as the Subscriber
- class. Using it is quite simple since most of its work is performed internally.
- </para>
- <programlisting language="php"><![CDATA[
- $storage = new Zend_Feed_Pubsubhubbub_Model_Subscription;
- $callback = new Zend_Feed_Pubsubhubbub_Subscriber_Callback;
- $callback->setStorage($storage);
- $callback->handle();
- $callback->sendResponse();
- /**
- * Check if the callback resulting in the receipt of a feed update.
- * Otherwise it was either a (un)sub verification request or invalid request.
- * Typically we need do nothing other than add feed update handling - the rest
- * is handled internally by the class.
- */
- if ($callback->hasFeedUpdate()) {
- $feedString = $callback->getFeedUpdate();
- /**
- * Process the feed update asynchronously to avoid a Hub timeout.
- */
- }
- ]]></programlisting>
- <note>
- <para>
- It should be noted that
- <classname>Zend_Feed_Pubsubhubbub_Subscriber_Callback</classname> may independently
- parse any incoming query string and other parameters. This is necessary since PHP
- alters the structure and keys of a query string when it is parsed into the
- <varname>$_GET</varname> or <varname>$_POST</varname> superglobals. For example,
- all duplicate keys are ignored and periods are converted to underscores.
- Pubsubhubbub features both of these in the query strings it generates.
- </para>
- </note>
- <important>
- <para>
- It is essential that developers recognise that Hubs are only concerned with sending
- requests and receiving a response which verifies its receipt. If a feed update is
- received, it should never be processed on the spot since this leaves the Hub waiting
- for a response. Rather, any processing should be offloaded to another process or
- deferred until after a response has been returned to the Hub. One symptom of a
- failure to promptly complete Hub requests is that a Hub may continue to attempt
- delivery of the update/verification request leading to duplicated update attempts
- being processed by the Subscriber. This appears problematic - but in reality a
- Hub may apply a timeout of just a few seconds, and if no response is received within
- that time it may disconnect (assuming a delivery failure) and retry later. Note that
- Hubs are expected to distribute vast volumes of updates so their resources are
- stretched - please do process feeds asynchronously (e.g. in a separate process or
- a job queue or even a cron scheduled task) as much as possible.
- </para>
- </important>
- </sect3>
- <sect3 id="zend.feed.pubsubhubbub.zend.feed.pubsubhubbub.subscriber.setting.up.and.using.a.callback.url.route">
- <title>Setting Up And Using A Callback URL Route</title>
- <para>
- As noted earlier, the <classname>Zend_Feed_Pubsubhubbub_Subscriber_Callback</classname>
- class receives the combined key associated with any subscription from the Hub via one
- of two methods. The technically preferred method is to add this key to the Callback
- URL employed by the Hub in all future requests using a query string parameter with
- the key "xhub.subscription". However, for historical reasons, primarily that this was
- not supported in Pubsubhubbub 0.1 (it was recently added in 0.2 only), it is strongly
- recommended to use the most compatible means of adding this key to the Callback URL
- by appending it to the URL's path.
- </para>
- <para>Thus the URL http://www.example.com/callback?xhub.subscription=key would become
- http://www.example.com/callback/key.</para>
- <para>Since the query string method is the default in anticipation of a greater level
- of future support for the full 0.2 specification, this requires some additional work
- to implement.</para>
- <para>The first step to to make the <classname>Zend_Feed_Pubsubhubbub_Subscriber_Callback</classname>
- class aware of the path contained subscription key. It's manually injected therefore
- since it also requires manually defining a route for this purpose. This is achieved simply by
- called the method <methodname>Zend_Feed_Pubsubhubbub_Subscriber_Callback::setSubscriptionKey()</methodname>
- with the parameter being the key value available from the Router. The example below
- demonstrates this using a Zend Framework controller.</para>
- <programlisting language="php"><![CDATA[
- class CallbackController extends Zend_Controller_Action
- {
- public function indexAction()
- {
- $storage = new Zend_Feed_Pubsubhubbub_Model_Subscription;
- $callback = new Zend_Feed_Pubsubhubbub_Subscriber_Callback;
- $callback->setStorage($storage);
- /**
- * Inject subscription key parsing from URL path using
- * a parameter from Router.
- */
- $subscriptionKey = $this->_getParam('subkey');
- $callback->setSubscriptionKey($subscriptionKey);
- $callback->handle();
- $callback->sendResponse();
- /**
- * Check if the callback resulting in the receipt of a feed update.
- * Otherwise it was either a (un)sub verification request or invalid request.
- * Typically we need do nothing other than add feed update handling - the rest
- * is handled internally by the class.
- */
- if ($callback->hasFeedUpdate()) {
- $feedString = $callback->getFeedUpdate();
- /**
- * Process the feed update asynchronously to avoid a Hub timeout.
- */
- }
- }
- }
- ]]></programlisting>
- <para>Actually adding the route which would map the path-appended key
- to a parameter for retrieval from a controller can be accomplished using
- a Route configuration such as the INI formatted example below for use
- with <classname>Zend_Application</classname> bootstrapping.</para>
- <programlisting language="dosini"><![CDATA[
- ; Callback Route to enable appending a PuSH Subscription's lookup key
- resources.router.routes.callback.route = "callback/:subkey"
- resources.router.routes.callback.defaults.module = "default"
- resources.router.routes.callback.defaults.controller = "callback"
- resources.router.routes.callback.defaults.action = "index"
- ]]></programlisting>
- </sect3>
- </sect2>
- </sect1>
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