Ability to subscribe to private feeds

[ewinslow]

rss, atom, json, whatever

The ability to syndicate private data seems like a great candidate for a core feature. E.g. facebook lets me add my events (even non-public ones) in google calendar via ical feed.

In general, Elgg sites would become more useful because you're not forced to use those interfaces for consuming private data.

See ​http://community.elgg.org/pg/plugins/project/747182/developer/Beck24/rssauth-17x for a plugin-based solution using HTTP authentication.

[cash]

Evan, how does the Facebook/Google calendar integration handle authentication?

I think OAuth is the long term solution because then passwords aren't exposed.

[ewinslow]

From what I can tell they generate some kind of private key. Certainly no exchange of username/password.