I use Blippr service to write tiny reviews of things i encounter in my life and i want this tiny reviews to appear in my micro blogging service (eg. Friendfeed or Twitter). No offence to Blippr, but i simply find their RSS Feed to be ‘not usable’. In order for me to have a better and enhanced RSS, i worked into Blippr API and came up with this script which gives a better touch to Blippr RSS.

Demo:
Click Here to check out how Blippr’s current RSS looks like and Click Here to see how i enhanced the RSS service by using their API and some PHP coding.

The Script:

<?php echo '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>'; ?>
<rss version="2.00">
<channel>
<title>Blippr RSS Enhanced</title>
<link>http://ramesh.ws</link>
<description>My RSS For Blippr.com</description>
<language>en-us</language> 

<?php

// Replace <username> with your blippr username and <apikey> with your blippr apikey
$blips = simplexml_load_file('http://api.blippr.com/v2/profiles/<username>/blips.xml?apikey=<apikey>');

// It will show 10 entries
for ( $i = 0; $i < 10; $i += 1) {
$blippr_title = $blips->review[$i]->title->attributes()->name;
$blippr_type = $blips->review[$i]->title->attributes()->media_type;
$blippr_review = $blips->review[$i]->reviewtext;
$blippr_date = $blips->review[$i]->attributes()->created_at;
$blippr_link = $blips->review[$i]->url;
$blippr_image = $blips->review[$i]->title->images->medium;

echo "
 <item>
 <title>Review on '$blippr_title'</title>
 <link>$blippr_link</link>
 <description><![CDATA['$blippr_title ($blippr_type)' - $blippr_review<br /><br /><a href=\"$blippr_link\"><img src=\"$blippr_image\"></a>]]></description>
 <pubDate>$blippr_date</pubDate>
 </item>
 ";
}

?>
</channel>
</rss>

Simply replace with your Blippr username and with your Blippr api key and save the file as blippr.php (or anything you like) and you are done. If you have any queries just post in the comments. Hope this script helps and makes Blippr a more enjoyable place :)