Bug: Double-escaping in regex filter.

  • bluesoul

    (@bluesoul)


    8 years, 2 months ago

    Take for example this feed:

    http://www.si.com/rss/si_nba.rss

    If I wish to filter on an author, the string is available as:

    <si:author>Author Name</si:author>

    I add the feed, and under the keyword filter, I have this regex string:

    /<si:author>Author Name<\/si:author>/gm

    When I save the feed and reopen it, I see:

    /<si:author>Author Name<\\/si:author>/gm

    Note the second backslash. Honestly, the filter doesn’t even work if I just use Author Name, even though there is exactly one match currently for the author I’m interested in. I end up with 0 posts imported.

    https://wordpress.org/plugins/rss-post-importer/

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  • Thread Starter bluesoul

    (@bluesoul)

    8 years ago

    Issue persists. Any help would be appreciated.

    camille_feedsapi

    (@camille_feedsapi)

    8 years ago

    Hi Bluepost,

    Using the Regex filter is a bit complex, so you should know how to create the expression or else it would not work.
    We just tested the keyword function and it works fine on our end.

    As of now,we don’t write RegEx expressions for our users,
    you can however check: http://www.fiverr.com,http://www.fiverr.com and hire someone which somehow cost dome dollars.

    But if it’s just keywords then try to use the keyword box first, enter the text then that will work.
    If you have more questions, feel free to drop a message through chat or email at camille@feedsapi.com

    All the best,
    Camille_feedsapi

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