Feeds

We provide a number of feeds to easily integrate Brightkite content into your own site through widgets, RSS readers, etc. All feeds are provided in GeoRSS and KML format, and can be parametrized through a number of options.

Universe Feed

http://brightkite.com/objects.rss
http://brightkite.com/objects.kml
 
You can specify options as HTTP query parameters, like this:
 
http://brightkite.com/objects.rss?limit=50&offset=10&filters=notes,photos
 
Valid options:
offset - Offset to retrieve objects from, can be used for paging. Default: 0
limit - Number of objects to retrieve. Default: 10. Maximum: 100
filters - Types of objects to retrieve. Default: notes,photos,checkins.
since - Only retrieve objects created since the specified RFC822 timestamp, for example: since=Sun, 15 Jun 2008 15:00:55 -0600
before - Only retrieve objects created before the specified RFC822 timestamp, for example: before=Sun, 15 Jun 2008 15:00:55 -0600

Place Feed

Every place in Brightkite has a feed, which can be accessed by calling:
 
http://brightkite.com/places/placeid/objects.rss
http://brightkite.com/places/placeid/objects.kml
 
You can specify options as HTTP query parameters, like this:
 
http://brightkite.com/places/356a192b7913b04c54574d18c28d46e6395428ab/objects.rss?limit=50&offset=10&filters=notes,photos
 
Valid options:
offset - Offset to retrieve objects from, can be used for paging. Default: 0
limit - Number of objects to retrieve. Default: 10. Maximum: 100
filters - Types of objects to retrieve. Default: notes,photos,checkins.
since - Only retrieve objects created since the specified RFC822 timestamp, for example: since=Sun, 15 Jun 2008 15:00:55 -0600
before - Only retrieve objects created before the specified RFC822 timestamp, for example: before=Sun, 15 Jun 2008 15:00:55 -0600

Person Feed

Every user in Brightkite has a feed, which can be accessed by calling:
 
http://brightkite.com/people/username/objects.rss
http://brightkite.com/people/username/objects.kml
 
You can specify options as HTTP query parameters, like this:
 
http://brightkite.com/people/hiro/objects.rss?limit=50&offset=10&filters=notes,photos
 
Valid options:
offset - Offset to retrieve objects from, can be used for paging. Default: 0
limit - Number of objects to retrieve. Default: 10. Maximum: 100
filters - Types of objects to retrieve. Default: notes,photos,checkins.
since - Only retrieve objects created since the specified RFC822 timestamp, for example: since=Sun, 15 Jun 2008 15:00:55 -0600
before - Only retrieve objects created before the specified RFC822 timestamp, for example: before=Sun, 15 Jun 2008 15:00:55 -0600

Me & My Friends Feed

You can also get a feed for your "Me & My Friends" view. In order to access this feed, you need to be authenticated, and you can obviously only access your own feed.
 
http://brightkite.com/people/username/friendstream.rss
http://brightkite.com/people/username/friendstream.kml
 
You can specify options as HTTP query parameters, like this:
 
http://brightkite.com/people/hiro/friendstream.rss?limit=50&offset=10&filters=notes,photos
 
Valid options:
offset - Offset to retrieve objects from, can be used for paging. Default: 0
limit - Number of objects to retrieve. Default: 10. Maximum: 100
filters - Types of objects to retrieve. Default: notes,photos,checkins.
since - Only retrieve objects created since the specified RFC822 timestamp, for example: since=Sun, 15 Jun 2008 15:00:55 -0600
before - Only retrieve objects created before the specified RFC822 timestamp, for example: before=Sun, 15 Jun 2008 15:00:55 -0600