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The Old Reader

RSS reader

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See complete list of apps and extensions on theoldreader.com. You are welcome to improve documentation, please feel free to send us pull requests with your adjustments. If you find any bugs or feel that something is not working as expected, please create a github issue or contact us at api@theoldreader.com. Current API tries to mimic the unofficial Google Reader API. Please note that even though you can use API both via http and https, we highly encourage you to use https for security reasons. All requests you will be sending to the API should be authenticated by a token. Please note that The Old Reader allows users to sign in via OAuth (Google or Facebook), but the only way to get an API token for a now is to set password in settings and use it for authentication. Sample request: Sample response: Please note that you can also get a…

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Inside the original README — Document outline
  1. The Old Reader API
  2. TODO
  3. Apps
  4. Libraries
  5. Contributing
  6. Current API
  7. Differences
  8. Authentication
  9. Getting a token
  10. Using a token
  11. Errors
  12. Status

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  1. First observed: Sep 14, 2026
  2. Last directory-field change: Sep 14, 2026
  3. Current source observation: Oct 30, 2026

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