Feb 5, 2008
Tip: How to convert Atom feeds to RSS
I recently had a support call for backnetwork where posts weren’t coming through for one of the organiser’s feeds. The problem was that the feed was in Atom format, and we don’t currently support Atom on backnetwork (we’re working on it!). I searched around for an Atom to RSS converter but couldn’t find one that reliably worked. I’d recently been using Yahoo! Pipes for my reading list, and remembered that Pipes offers RSS output and has a feed input module.
Was it possible that I could use Pipes to convert from Atom to RSS? The answer is yes: http://pipes.yahoo.com/bruceboughton/atom_to_rss
Bruce,
I checked out what you did at Pipes. Very cool. Only one issue, during the transition, you lose the title, link, description for the incoming feed, and there’s no way to get it back.
I have created a free service to accomplish exactly what you were looking for. It converts Atom feeds into RSS feeds.
http://devtacular.com/utilities/atomtorss/
Hopefully it helps some people out, it took some real effort!