Pando Developer Tools

The pando:subscribe URL allows users to subscribe to a Pando RSS feed with one click. These links have the following format where RSS URL is the URL to the RSS feed containing Pando packages:

pando:subscribe?RSS URL

We also support authenticated RSS feeds. These are feeds that require a username and password to access, such as those provided by paid content services, or web sites that require registration for access. A link to an authenticated RSS feed looks like this:

pando:subscribe?http://username:password@RSS URL

When clicked, the Pando client will attempt to subscribe to the linked RSS feed. See Creating a Pando RSS Feed for more information on creating Pando RSS feeds. You may also be interested in the RSS Feed Converter, for converting your existing Podcast to Pando RSS format.

Example

Pando provides an RSS feed of video's that we we find interesting, at http://rss.pando.com/rss.xml. We also publish "Pando enabled" versions of other rich media feeds, which are listed in our Podcast Gallery. To provide a link on a web page to allow Pando users to subscribe to the first feed with one click:

<a href="pando:subscribe?http://rss.pando.com/rss.xml">
<img src="http://rss.pando.com/themes/rssvideo_customized/PandoSubscribe.png">
<a>

This looks like:

Feel free to use the above graphic, so that Pando users will be able to spot your feed easily.

Authenticated Example

A web site has paid registration for access to premium content, which they make available via Pando RSS. When a user is logged into their web site, they display a "subscribe using Pando" link that allows for one-click subscription to the premium content. The HTML could look like:

<a href="pando:subscribe?laird:secret@http://www.contentsite.com/premium.xml">
<img src="http://rss.pando.com/themes/rssvideo_customized/PandoSubscribe.png">
<a>

This looks like:

The RSS server would need to be configured to use the web site's registration system so that it requires HTTP Basic Authentication for access to the RSS feed, and authenticates against the database of registered web site users. The details of this configuration is specific to the web site's registration and content systems.

Supported Versions

pando:subscribe links are supported in Pando version 0.9.3 and newer.

Authenticated pando:subscribe links are supported in Pando version 1.5.5.5 and newer.

Creaating Pando RSS feeds

• You can package a Podcast as Pando RSS using the RSS Feed Converter.
• You can Create a Pando RSS Feed on any blogging platform.