Drupal Feeds is a module that allows users to import or aggregate external data like RSS feeds into Drupal as nodes, users, taxonomy terms, or simple database records. It works by fetching the external data through sources like HTTP, files, or SOAP, parsing it using formats like CSV, XML, or JSON, and then processing it into the different Drupal entity types or as custom records. Common use cases include importing RSS feeds, migrating data into Drupal from other systems, and building REST interfaces.

1. Drupal Feeds
The easy way to interoperate

2. About Feeds
“Import or aggregate data as
nodes, users, taxonomy terms or
simple database records.”
http://drupal.org/project/feeds

3. Technical overview
Source
Feed
Feed items
Fetcher Parser Processor
Drupal

4. Fetcher
Fetcher Parser Processor
• HTTP
• Files
• SOAP

5. Parser
Fetcher Parser Processor
• CSV
• XML
• JSON

6. Processor
Fetcher Parser Processor
• Nodes
• Terms
• Users

7. Use cases
• RSS importing
• Data migration
• REST interfaces

8. ANY QUESTIONS?
@Phill_Brown