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https://github.com/Guts/mkdocs-rss-plugin

MkDocs plugin to generate a RSS feeds for created and updated pages, using git log and YAML frontmatter (page.meta).
https://github.com/Guts/mkdocs-rss-plugin

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MkDocs plugin to generate a RSS feeds for created and updated pages, using git log and YAML frontmatter (page.meta).

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# MkDocs RSS plugin

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A plugin for [MkDocs](https://www.mkdocs.org), the static site generator, which creates [RSS 2.0](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS) and [JSON Feed 1.1](https://www.jsonfeed.org/version/1.1/) feeds using the creation and modification dates from [git log](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-log) and page metadata ([YAML frontmatter](https://www.mkdocs.org/user-guide/writing-your-docs/#yaml-style-meta-data)).

## Installation

```sh
pip install mkdocs-rss-plugin
```

## Usage

Minimal [`mkdocs.yml` configuration](https://www.mkdocs.org/user-guide/configuration/#project-information):

```yaml
site_description: required. Used as feed mandatory channel description.
site_name: required. Used as feed mandatory channel title and items source URL label.
site_url: required. Used to build feed items URLs.
```

Minimal plugin option:

```yaml
plugins:
- rss
```

Full options:

```yaml
plugins:
- rss:
abstract_chars_count: 160 # -1 for full content
abstract_delimiter:
categories:
- tags
comments_path: "#__comments"
date_from_meta:
as_creation: "date" # means from page.meta.date
as_update: "git" # means from git log
datetime_format: "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M"
default_time: "09:30"
default_timezone: Europe/Paris
enabled: true
feed_description: "My custom feed description" # MkDocs site_description: will be used if this key is not present
feeds_filenames:
json_created: feed_json_created.json
json_updated: feed_json_updated.json
rss_created: feed_rss_created.xml
rss_updated: feed_rss_updated.xml
feed_title: "My custom feed title" # MkDocs site_name: will be used if this key is not present
feed_ttl: 1440
image: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Feed-icon.svg/128px-Feed-icon.svg.png
json_feed_enabled: true
length: 20
match_path: ".*"
pretty_print: false
rss_feed_enabled: true
url_parameters:
utm_source: "documentation"
utm_medium: "RSS"
utm_campaign: "feed-syndication"
use_git: true
use_material_social_cards: true
```

For further information, [see the user documentation](https://guts.github.io/mkdocs-rss-plugin/).

Following initiative from the author of Material for MkDocs, this plugin provides its own JSON schema to validate configuration: [source](https://github.com/Guts/mkdocs-rss-plugin/blob/main/docs/schema.json) - [documentation](https://guts.github.io/mkdocs-rss-plugin/schema.json).

## Development

Clone the repository:

```sh
# install development dependencies
python -m pip install -U -r requirements/development.txt
# alternatively: pip install -e .[dev]

# install project as editable
python -m pip install -e .

# install git hooks
pre-commit install
```

Then follow the [contribution guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md).

### Run the tests

```sh
# install development dependencies
python -m pip install -U -r requirements/testing.txt
# alternatively: pip install -e .[test]

# run tests
pytest
```

### Build the documentation

```sh
# install dependencies for documentation
python -m pip install -U -r requirements/documentation.txt
# alternatively: pip install -e .[doc]

# build the documentation
mkdocs build
```

### Release workflow

1. Fill the `CHANGELOG.md`
1. Change the version number in `__about__.py`
1. Apply a git tag with the relevant version: `git tag -a 0.3.0 {git commit hash} -m "New awesome feature"`
1. Push tag to main branch: `git push origin 0.3.0`