Photobucket provides RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds as an quick way to monitor album activity, recent media activity, or specific search terms. RSS feeds are an alternative to using the Photobucket API for searching user albums and for searching recent media.
Note: All Photobucket RSS feeds conform to Media RSS standards (see http://search.yahoo.com/mrss) and include a thumbnail and a link to the full image.
All public albums have two RSS feed options:
Both of these subscription options are alternatives to the Get Album and Get Recent User Media methods in the API, however, unlike the AP responses, neither option returns tags or descriptions.
Album feed URLs include the prefix "feed", the sub-domain, the Photobucket identifier, and the username. However, a feed for ALL of a user's content is followed by "account.rss", while a feed for a specific user album is followed by "feed.rss". For example, a feed for all user content looks similar to:
http://feed45.photobucket.com/albums/f83/[username]/account.rss
Where "feed45" indicates a feed for sub-domain 45, "albums" indicates the feed is for an album, "f83" is the Photobucket identifier, and "account.rss" indicates that the feed is for ALL that user's albums.
A feed for content in a specific album looks similar to:
http://feed45.photobucket.com/albums/f83/[username]/[album name]/feed.rss
Where "feed45" indicates a feed for sub-domain 45, "albums" indicates the feed is for an album, "f83" is the Photobucket identifier, [album name] is the name of the album for which the feed is being created, and "feed.rss" indicates that the feed is for a specific album. Note that an RSS feed for a specific album might also monitor all user content for a user, if the user does not have sub-albums.
Use the Get User URL method to obtain the sub-domain, Photobucket identifier, and other pertinent information for setting up an Album RSS feed.
You can create and subscribe to a feed based on a search term (or terms). A search feed subscription is an alternative to the Search Media method in the API.
On the Photobucket.com web site:
For example, if you enter "guinea pig" as the search term, then click the RSS icon in the images results page, the following search feed is created:
http://feed.photobucket.com/images/guinea%20pig/feed.rss
Each time more guinea pig images are added, the feed is updated.
RSS feeds can also be created for videos. If you enter "guinea pig" as the search term, then click the RSS icon in the video results page, the following search feed is created:
http://feed.photobucket.com/videos/guinea%20pig/feed.rss
Each time more guinea pig videos are added, the feed is updated.
You can create feeds from recent images and recent videos. These feeds are alternatives to the Search Media method, when you do not enter a search term.
On the Recent Images or Recent Videos page on the Photobucket.com web site:
Images: http://feed.photobucket.com/recent/images/feed.rss
Videos: http://feed.photobucket.com/recent/videos/feed.rss