Getting a user's "subscription documents"

Ken D.

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Nov 30, 2011, 8:14:20 AM11/30/11

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I'd like to get a list of the most recently uploaded documents by the
users I follow - the documents that appear on my logged-in home page
under "My Reading Feed".

Unlike some other services, Scribd does not appear to provide a RSS
feed or API method that returns this data.

It would be awkward but doable if the docs.getList endpoint could be
used on each user I follow. This method is described as returning
"...a list of documents for a given user" but, as no "user" parameter
is listed, I assume this means my own account only.

What would be the best strategy to collect this (apart from logging in
to Scribd) ?

Ken D.

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Apr 17, 2013, 5:52:48 AM4/17/13

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We collect social media items uploaded or shared by users we follow on Twitter, Youtube, Vimeo, Flickr, Slideshare, etc.

This still does not seem to be possible on Scribd.

We curate these resources and embed the items on a popular website.

Is there really no API endpoint or feed that would allow us to access our own "Reading Feed" programatically?

Thanks!

Ken

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Apr 17, 2013, 6:59:21 AM4/17/13

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I should add, even an email notification of newly uploaded documents by users we follow would be OK. We already have mailboxes set up that can extract document ids, links, etc from mailed-in content.

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