Add a data source
Add a web feed as a data source and see its articles arrive.
A data source is a feed or scraper that brings articles in: a website's RSS or Atom feed, an X account, a news-wire subscription or a council meeting portal. This page adds the simplest kind, a feed, which needs no credential.
You need the Member role or above to add a data source. Wire and vendor sources (AP Media, Reuters, AFP, Datafactory and DigiChief) need a credential that an administrator creates under Credentials; for those types the form asks you to select one. See Data source types for the types and their credentials.
Add the source
- In the sidebar, open Data Sources.
- Choose Add Data Source.
- In Type, choose RSS Feed: any site or blog with a public RSS or Atom feed.
- Enter a Name, which is required, and the feed's URL. The URL must be a valid https address.
- Optionally set Category and Location. They tell Nuvelics what the source mostly covers, which helps it route that source's articles to the right desks.
- Choose Create Data Source.
What you should see
A Data source created message appears and you return to the list. The new source starts with the status Awaiting first run. Harvesting follows the source's own schedule. To collect articles straight away, open the row's actions menu (Data source actions) and choose Run now; a Run started message confirms it. Running a source needs permission to run data sources, which Members have.
Other statuses you may meet in the list are Active, Paused, Errors and Stale. Open a source and read Operations to see each harvest run and how many articles it stored.
Next
Pitches appear once articles have been collected and grouped into events, so the first ones may take a while. Open Articles in the sidebar to watch the source's articles arrive, then review your first pitch.