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Stefan Kyntchev  
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 More options Nov 19 2010, 4:33 pm
From: Stefan Kyntchev <skyntc...@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 13:33:31 -0800 (PST)
Local: Fri, Nov 19 2010 4:33 pm
Subject: Re: Is there a way to find if the user has subscribed to a given feed
Excellent! This is exactly what I was looking for!

Thank you very much Mihai.

Stefan

On Nov 19, 4:25 pm, Mihai Parparita <mih...@google.com> wrote:

> You can also look for the user's reading-list tag being present on
> items, all subscriptions have that.

> Mihai

> On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 1:16 PM, Stefan Kyntchev <skyntc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Thanks Mihai,

> > I was hoping to accomplish this with one call (get the posts and at
> > the same time find if it is subscribed) but if this is not possible, I
> > will make the second call to API you suggested.

> > Stefan

> > On Nov 19, 3:49 pm, Mihai Parparita <mih...@google.com> wrote:
> >> You can use this API endpoint:

> >>http://www.google.com/reader/api/0/subscribed?s=feed/http://googleblo...

> >> Mihai

> >> On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 12:48 PM, Stefan Kyntchev <skyntc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > When retrieving posts for a given feed, Reader will serve the feed
> >> > regardless if the user has subscribed to the feed or not (as long as
> >> > the feed URL is valid). If the user has not subscribed to the feed,
> >> > all posts come as "Read" which is understandable. I am wondering if
> >> > there is anything in the returned feed XML that will let me
> >> > distinguish between a feed that is not subscribed to and the feed was
> >> > subscribed to but all posts are actually marked as "Read" by the user.

> >> > Stefan


 
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