Kimono - Adding GUID to RSS output

Question

I'm using Kimono Labs to scrape data from a web page and create RSS output. Each item includes title, description and unique link. I want to use the feed as a trigger on IFTTT.com, but IFTTT requires that each feed item include a GUID. Is there a way in Kimono -- perhaps here? -- to copy the link element and rewrite it to each item as a GUID? Thanks for any guidance you can provide.

Simply duplicating the link with a property name of GUID is not possible? — janih, Aug 23 '15 at 07:31
It looks like the only properties permitted in Kimono's RSS feed output are title (also be a link to the content), description, author, category, pubDate and comments. When I add the title text as "GUID" it just doesn't appear in the feed output. — John Beaudoin, Aug 23 '15 at 11:45
Disqus RSS feeds don't have GUID and they work fine with IFTTT.com. My recipe: IF New Feed item from [http://disqus.com/username/latest.rss] THEN Create a link post on your Tumblr blog. — thdoan, Oct 13 '15 at 18:52

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 12 '16 at 22:19

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It's not necessary to have GUID to work with IFTTT. But if you do not have GUID, two things are mandatory:

every item must have a distint URL;
your RSS must be valid https://validator.w3.org/feed/.

answered Jan 12 '16 at 22:19

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