Slashdot

Slashdot Games API

The Games API from Slashdot — 1 operation(s) for games.

GitHub OpenAPI

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/slashdot/refs/heads/main/openapi/slashdot-games-api-openapi.yml

Other Resources

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RSS
https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotMain
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RSS
https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotDevelopers
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RSS
https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotApple
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RSS
https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotLinux
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RSS
https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotGames
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RSS
https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotScience
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RSS
https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline
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JSONLD
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/slashdot/refs/heads/main/json-ld/slashdot-context.jsonld
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Vocabulary
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/slashdot/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/slashdot-vocabulary.yml

OpenAPI Specification

slashdot-games-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Slashdot RSS/Atom Feeds Apple Games API
  description: Slashdot provides RSS 1.0 and Atom 1.0 feeds for programmatic access to technology news. Slashdot is a technology news aggregation and discussion site founded in 1997, covering open source, Linux, science, and technology. Feeds are available per topic section and are rate-limited to one request per 30 minutes per feed URL.
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    url: https://slashdot.org/faq/feeds.shtml
  license:
    name: Slashdot Terms of Service
    url: https://slashdot.org/terms.shtml
servers:
- url: https://rss.slashdot.org
  description: Slashdot RSS Feed Server
tags:
- name: Games
paths:
  /Slashdot/slashdotGames:
    get:
      operationId: getGamesFeed
      summary: Get Games Feed
      description: Returns the Slashdot Games section RSS feed with stories about video games, gaming hardware, and the gaming industry.
      tags:
      - Games
      responses:
        '200':
          description: RSS 1.0 feed for the Games section
          content:
            application/rss+xml:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/RssFeed'
components:
  schemas:
    RssChannel:
      type: object
      description: RSS channel metadata
      properties:
        title:
          type: string
          description: Name of the feed (e.g., "Slashdot", "Slashdot Developers")
          example: Slashdot
        link:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: URL of the Slashdot section
          example: https://slashdot.org/
        description:
          type: string
          description: Description of the feed
          example: News for nerds, stuff that matters
    RssFeed:
      type: object
      description: RSS 1.0 (RDF Site Summary) feed document containing Slashdot stories.
      properties:
        channel:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/RssChannel'
        items:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/RssItem'
    RssItem:
      type: object
      description: Individual story item in the RSS feed
      properties:
        title:
          type: string
          description: Headline of the story
          example: Linux 7.0 Released With Major Scheduler Overhaul
        link:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: URL of the story on Slashdot
        description:
          type: string
          description: HTML summary of the story with community commentary excerpt
        pubDate:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: Publication date and time of the story
        author:
          type: string
          description: Slashdot username of the submitter or editor
        category:
          type: string
          description: Topic category for the story
          example: Linux
        comments:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: URL of the comment thread for the story
        guid:
          type: string
          description: Globally unique identifier for the story