Roku Direct Publisher

[johnary]

Everytime I try to updated my feed, I get the dreaded, "The server returned an unsupported content type. Was expecting 'application/rss+xml', 'text/xml', 'application/xml' or 'application/json' but received 'text/html'" message.

I've validated the feed and made sure that content type is set to application/json in the header.  You can see the feed at:

http://foundfootageroku.42web.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/fff-roku-feed-08-05-22.json

Thanks for any insight you may have.

[Baradanikto]

The message you posted is related to your earlier post: 

Way to Edit Header in JSON file?

I use Amazon S3 as my CDN.  When I first started to upload feed files, I would get this message.  I believe I solved it by adding metadata to the upload process.  I needed to add a key of 'content-type' with a value of 'application/json' while uploading the file.

 

[johnary]

That's a great tip. I'm in my new Amazon S3 bucket now. I've added the metadata and made the file accessible to the public. Which link do I use for Roku Direct Publisher? The object url gives me a 403 error. When I use the long url with the credentials, the feed url accepts it but it causes errors on the feed status. 

Thanks so much for your help. This has been a real process.

[Baradanikto]

Make sure the bucket is "public".  Click on the feed file to show its info.  On the bottom right, you should see 'object' url'.  That's the url you should use.

Consider using Amazon CloudFront to cache your feed file and content.

[johnary · Accepted solution]

Holy Toledo, it works!  Thanks so much for your help.