https://github.com/ntrotner/matrix-rss

Matrix Bot to Fetch RSS and Send it to a Room
https://github.com/ntrotner/matrix-rss

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Matrix Bot to Fetch RSS and Send it to a Room

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/ntrotner/matrix-rss
• Owner: ntrotner
• Created: 2021-01-18T21:39:29.000Z (almost 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2021-07-01T15:33:32.000Z (over 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-03-06T02:33:59.111Z (over 1 year ago)
• Topics: feed, matrix, rss
• Language: TypeScript
• Homepage:
• Size: 34.2 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# RSS Bot

This bot allows one to get RSS feed messages through the Matrix messenger protocol.

## Requirements

- `npm`

- `npx`

- `node`

## How to Run

- Matrix

  - Create user account on a server and add user and password to the `settings.json`

  - Create or join a room with that account

- settings.json

  - Set the sync interval to rerun every x hours

  - Add a server and room url

  - In the "emitter" array one can add as many RSS emitter as desired 

    (There are some predefined ones, but they are just for reference)

- Run

  - Default: `cd rss-fetch && npm install && npm start`

  - ~~Build and run with docker: `docker build -t rssbot .` `docker run -d -v /path/to/Matrix-RSS-Feed/:/matrix rssbot`~~

### Optional

- One can also emit different RSS feeds to other rooms by adding an object to "rssRooms"

- Customize the messages you receive by editing the `message-template.html`, as see in the "Template" section.

### Note

On the first time every fetched RSS feed will be sent to you.

The next ones will only include new ones.

## Template

Available RSS attributes that are used as id in the template:

- "title"

- "categories"

- "content

- "contentSnippet

- "creator"

- "enclosure"

- "guid"

- "isoDate"

- "link"

- "pubDate"

### Example

The first two will be filled with title and creator (if exists in the RSS). 

The third one won't be filled, as the class isn't mentioned.

```html





Text


```


## TODO

- Docker support

- ~~Make it possible to use rooms with encryption (as it is a core feature of Matrix)~~ (somehow working)

- ~~Find a way to close the connection of the client after every message is sent~~ (connection is reused)

- Fix encoding issue of rss-parser

- ~~Integrate timestamp anchor to local storage~~ (working)

- ~~General testing for cross server usage~~ (working)