Syndication Feeds
In Salesforce, Atom/RSS web feeds that allow external applications to subscribe to and consume Salesforce data updates, enabling content distribution from Salesforce Sites or Experience Cloud pages.
Definition
In Salesforce, Atom/RSS web feeds that allow external applications to subscribe to and consume Salesforce data updates, enabling content distribution from Salesforce Sites or Experience Cloud pages.
In plain English
“Syndication Feeds in Salesforce are Atom/RSS web feeds that let external applications subscribe to Salesforce data updates. They enable content distribution from Salesforce Sites or Experience Cloud to external consumers through standard feed protocols.”
Worked example
Coldspring Software runs an Experience Cloud Site for its developer community. The site exposes Syndication Feeds - Atom/RSS feeds for the latest blog posts, the most-recent forum questions, and announcements. Third-party Slack integrations subscribe to the feeds and post new content into the company's developer-relations Slack channel. Feed readers (still common among power users) can subscribe directly. Syndication Feeds give the community content reach beyond the site itself - without requiring a custom integration for every external tool.
Why Syndication Feeds matters
In Salesforce, Syndication Feeds are Atom/RSS web feeds that allow external applications to subscribe to and consume Salesforce data updates, enabling content distribution from Salesforce Sites or Experience Cloud to external consumers. They follow standard web feed protocols for interoperability.
Syndication feeds are a relatively niche Salesforce feature used when external systems need to subscribe to Salesforce content updates. Most modern integration uses REST APIs or Platform Events rather than syndication feeds. The feature remains available but is not a primary integration pattern in most current deployments.
How organizations use Syndication Feeds
Treats syndication feeds as a legacy pattern, preferring REST APIs or Platform Events.
Uses standard APIs for most external data distribution.
Documents syndication feeds as one option among several for data distribution.
Trust & references
Straight from the source - Salesforce's reference material on Syndication Feeds.
- About Syndication FeedsSalesforce Help
- Define Syndication FeedsSalesforce Help
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