Pipes within Pipes: A 2 Minute Yahoo Pipes Video Demo

We’ve talked about many different uses for Yahoo Pipes in previous 2 minute Yahoo Pipes demos, but you can also use most existing Yahoo Pipes within other pipes. In this demo, we’ll use a couple of pipes I’ve previously created as the input into a new Yahoo Pipe, and we’ll introduce the union operator as a way to pull several inputs together.

This Yahoo Pipes video series is also available as a podcast on iTunes, and as a separate feed.

You can watch the embedded video above, but I recommend downloading the higher resolution Quicktime file (19 MB) or clicking the full screen toggle icon in the player to watch. The quality will be much better than the flash version embedded above.

More Details

• The Demo Pipe. A copy of the Pipes within Pipes demo pipe click “View Source” to see the modules.
• Union Module. Pull several inputs together into a single output.
• Unique Module. Use this to prevent duplicate results when multiple search queries might return the same results by filtering on item.link.
• Sort Module. Sort by date in descending order to make sure things are sorted in a logical manner.
• Pipe Output. The final module in every Yahoo Pipe.

I’ve created many Yahoo Pipes, and most of them have been published on my Yahoo Pipes and RSS Hacks page where you can also learn more about my Yahoo Pipes Training courses.

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