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Getting draft articles into your CMS: archive, private RSS feed or API

The best delivery channel is the one your team will actually use every morning. Start manual, connect a feed when volume justifies it, integrate by API when your organisation has developers and a reason.

Archive: for small teams and the first month

Delivered drafts sit in an archive inside the account. An editor opens the item, reads the draft with its sources & checks, copies what is needed into the CMS and records the review. No setup, full control, slow at volume. Right for one Stream and a couple of items a day.

Private RSS feed: for CMS importers

Most newsroom systems can import from RSS. A private full-text feed per Stream carries the complete draft, not a teaser, at an address only your organisation knows. Point your CMS importer at it and drafts appear as unpublished items ready for review. Keep the address private: anyone who has it can read the feed. Rotate it if it leaks.

What to check in your importer: that it creates drafts, not published posts; that it keeps the source and image information; that it does not re-import the same item after an update.

API: for deeper integration

When a publishing group wants delivered material inside its own systems, the API returns the same items with their attached context. Typical uses: a custom review queue, routing drafts to different desks, storing the sources record next to the published article. This needs a developer and an API key kept out of the front end.

Whichever channel you use

  • Drafts arrive as drafts. Nothing should publish without a person.
  • Keep the sources record with the article; you will want it when a reader asks.
  • Apply corrections through the same channel they arrive on.

How this works in Doxx

Every Doxx plan delivers through all three channels: the archive in the account, a private full-text RSS feed per Stream and the API. Setup is described on the how it works page. Start with the archive; switch to the feed when reviewing in the CMS becomes faster than copying.

Create a Stream, then connect the feed once the first drafts have arrived.

Try it on your own editorial brief

The Free plan includes 50 credits. Set up one Stream, receive drafts for a week and decide with real material in front of you.