Usage

Supported parameters

track: optional (default = "all"). valid values are {"all", "develop", "design", "data"}. Two other deprecated parameters are also accepted (for backwards compatibility) but are disregarded if track is supplied: type, contestType
list: optional (default = "active"). valid values are {"active", "open", "past", "upcoming"}

Parameters supported only for design/develop tracks

challengeType optional, no default. Valid only for develop and design tracks
technologies
platforms

Examples

/challenges/feed?track=design&list=upcoming /challenges/feed?track=all&list=upcoming /challenges/feed?track=develop&list=open&technologies=JavaScript

Running

Underlying APIs used

http://docs.tcapi.apiary.io/#softwarechallenges

Required ENV params

API_HOST || "http://api.topcoder.com"

to support the RSS headers:

FEED_TITLE
FEED_DESC
FEED_URL
FEED_SITE_URL

Optional ENV params

CACHE_TIME || 5 //in minutes
REQUEST_TIMEOUT || 25 //inbound timeout (seconds)
API_TIMEOUT || 20 //outbound TC API timeout (seconds)
PAGE_SIZE || 51 // page size sent to TC API
DESC_TRUNC_LENGTH || 500 // number of characters to limit challenge description included in feed