RSS Turbo for Yandex Dzen implementation

Setting Up RSS Feed for Yandex Turbo and Dzen

RSS feed is a single entry point for aggregators: Yandex.Dzen, Yandex Turbo, Google News, Telegram bots. Each platform requires correct format and attributes.

Universal RSS Feed

// RssFeedController
class RssFeedController extends Controller
{
    public function articles(): Response
    {
        $articles = Article::published()
            ->with(['author', 'category'])
            ->latest('published_at')
            ->limit(100)
            ->get();

        $content = view('feeds.articles-rss', compact('articles'))->render();

        return response($content, 200, [
            'Content-Type'  => 'application/rss+xml; charset=utf-8',
            'Cache-Control' => 'public, max-age=1800',
        ]);
    }
}

{{-- resources/views/feeds/articles-rss.blade.php --}}
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
     xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
     xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"
     xmlns:turbo="http://turbo.yandex.ru">
  <channel>
    <title>{{ config('app.name') }}</title>
    <link>{{ config('app.url') }}</link>
    <description>Articles on development</description>
    <language>en</language>
    <lastBuildDate>{{ now()->toRfc2822String() }}</lastBuildDate>
    <image>
      <url>{{ asset('img/logo-rss.png') }}</url>
      <title>{{ config('app.name') }}</title>
      <link>{{ config('app.url') }}</link>
    </image>

    @foreach($articles as $article)
    <item turbo="true">
      <title>{{ htmlspecialchars($article->title) }}</title>
      <link>{{ route('articles.show', $article) }}</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">{{ route('articles.show', $article) }}</guid>
      <pubDate>{{ $article->published_at->toRfc2822String() }}</pubDate>
      <author>{{ $article->author->email }} ({{ $article->author->name }})</author>
      <category>{{ $article->category->name }}</category>
      <description><![CDATA[{{ $article->excerpt }}]]></description>

      {{-- Full text for Dzen and Turbo --}}
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[
        @if($article->cover_url)
        <figure>
          <img src="{{ $article->cover_url }}" alt="{{ $article->title }}"/>
        </figure>
        @endif
        {!! $article->content !!}
      ]]></content:encoded>

      {{-- Media RSS for cover --}}
      @if($article->cover_url)
      <media:content url="{{ $article->cover_url }}" medium="image" type="image/jpeg">
        <media:title>{{ $article->title }}</media:title>
      </media:content>
      @endif

      {{-- Turbo content --}}
      <turbo:content><![CDATA[
        <header><h1>{{ $article->title }}</h1></header>
        {!! $article->content !!}
      ]]></turbo:content>
    </item>
    @endforeach
  </channel>
</rss>

Connecting to Yandex.Dzen

Yandex.Dzen accepts content via RSS:

1. Go to dzen.ru → Create channel
2. In channel settings select "Auto import via RSS"
3. Enter URL: https://example.com/feed/articles.xml
4. Validate with Dzen's built-in validator

Dzen RSS requirements:

• At least 10 articles for validation
• Full text in <content:encoded>, not just excerpt
• Images must be accessible (not 403)
• Minimum 1 publication per week for active status

<turbo> Attribute and Multiple Feeds

You can maintain one feed with turbo="true" attribute for both services, or split:

Route::get('/feed.xml',       [RssFeedController::class, 'articles']);    // Main
Route::get('/turbo-feed.xml', [RssFeedController::class, 'turbo']);        // Turbo only
Route::get('/dzen-feed.xml',  [RssFeedController::class, 'dzen']);         // For Dzen with special rules

Auto-Update and Notifying Aggregators

// When publishing article — ping aggregators
public function handle(ArticlePublished $event): void
{
    $feedUrl = urlencode(route('feed.articles'));

    // Yandex ping
    Http::get("https://blogs.yandex.ru/pings/?status=success&url={$feedUrl}");

    // Google
    Http::get("https://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/?hub.mode=publish&hub.url={$feedUrl}");
}

Timeframe

Setting up RSS with Turbo and Dzen support, pinging aggregators: 1 business day.