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Creating an RSS Feed of Events

There are two ways to create RSS Feeds from Localists:

1. Use the open subscribe RSS feeds

2. As an event admin, use the Widget Builder to create a feed

RSS feed via open subscribe link

Subscribed feeds cover 13 months (from 1 month ago to 1 year from now)  or the first 1,000 events within that date range. 

For example, if there are 1,000 events in the first 6 months then the feed’s initial pull will only cover that date range.

The following information will be shown with the feed:

  • Title
  • Date
  • Start time
  • Description
  • Category  (Event Types in Localist)
  • Places: place names are appended to the end of the title, such as Senior Concert ²¹³ÙÌýArts Center

Find the event group, filter or tag on the events calendar

Filtered results: the Localist platform has a built-in RSS subscription box on every filtered results page (this is not available on the homepage). The subscription box is located to the right of the event listings and underneath the filters towards the bottom of the page.

Go to   to explore what filters or groups works best for you.

Location of RSS link

On some pages it may not be very obvious where the RSS icon link is located. Here is how to find the RSS icon:

For Group and Places Pages

Navigate to the Group page and scroll down to the "View full calendar" link. On the Full calendar view for the Group the RSS icon can be found in the right column under the filters at the bottom of the page. 

Click on the RSS icon to get the RSS feed link

For Filtered and Tag pages

You can find an RSS icon on any filter page at the top of the page by the Filter Title.

RSS feeds created use the Widget Builder

Event Users and Admins have more options to create a customized feed using the Widget Builder.

Build Your Widget RSS

You should first follow the instructions for how to use the widget builder in the Calendar Widget BuilderÌý³Ù³Ü³Ù´Ç°ù¾±²¹±ô.

How to Convert Preview Widget to RSS

Once you've filled out all the fields to create your custom widget you should go to Preview Widget:

The URL to the widget’s preview page will say  format=html or format=html&template= at the very end of the string. You will most likely need to use your cursor to move to the end of the URL string.

Change from HTML to  RSS so that the end of the URL string is format=rss (be sure to remove the &template= part as well)

Your page display should change to show you the XML output of the RSS. From here just copy the RSS URL for your purposes.

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