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Sources

Sources are external feeds or data sources from which locali automatically imports content and routes it to the appropriate places.

Sources overview

The card list shows all registered sources with name, type, area, feed URL, status, and last poll time. Use the menu on a card to edit, enable or disable, or delete a source.


Adding a source

Click "Add source" (floating action button, bottom right) to open the dialog.

Add source dialog

Fields

Field Required Description
Name Display name in the admin panel
Type RSS, iCal / ICS, or Official Gazette (Amtsblatt)
URL ✅* Feed URL (*not required for Native/Manual)
Trust level How reliable is the metadata from this source?
Default tags Tags automatically applied to all content from this source
Default areas Area label for all content from this source (e.g. derdingen)
Polling schedule Day of week and time for polling (default: Monday 06:00 UTC)

Tags and areas in the source dialog

Default tags and areas

These values are applied to every item during ingestion. If the same item arrives later from a second source, tags and areas are merged — no duplicate is created. Areas are also used for content routing.


Trust levels

Level Meaning
Official Authority, municipality, or utility — highest reliability
Partner Known partner organisation
Community Community-maintained source, not officially verified
External Unknown external source

Enabling / disabling a source

The toggle in the Status column enables or disables the source. Disabled sources are completely skipped by the ingestion job.

Existing content is preserved

Disabling a source does not delete already imported content.


Deleting a source

The trash icon permanently removes a source. Already imported content is preserved.