https://github.com/trantuvan/bootdev-gator

RSS feed aggreGator
https://github.com/trantuvan/bootdev-gator

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RSS feed aggreGator

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/trantuvan/bootdev-gator
• Owner: Trantuvan
• Created: 2024-10-08T05:15:00.000Z (3 months ago)
• Default Branch: self-impl
• Last Pushed: 2024-11-18T14:58:36.000Z (2 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-11-30T05:55:23.932Z (about 2 months ago)
• Language: Go
• Size: 59.6 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# bootdev-gator

RSS feed aggreGator 🐊. It's a CLI tool that allows users to:

- Add RSS feeds from across the internet to be collected

- Store the collected posts in a PostgreSQL database

- Follow and unfollow RSS feeds that other users have added

- View summaries of the aggregated posts in the terminal, with a link to the full post

RSS feeds are a way for websites to publish updates to their content. You can use this project to keep up with your favorite blogs, news sites, podcasts, and more!

`Learning Goals`

- Learn how to integrate a Go application with a PostgreSQL database

- Practice using your SQL skills to query and migrate a database (using [sqlc](https://docs.sqlc.dev/en/stable/tutorials/getting-started-postgresql.html) and [goose](https://github.com/pressly/goose), two lightweight tools for typesafe SQL in Go)

- Learn how to write a long-running service that continuously fetches new posts from RSS feeds and stores them in the database

## Installation

- The aggreGator 🐊 requires Golang and Postgres as dependencies.

- `.gatorconfig.json` will be needed as config file. Create this in home director with the structure

```json

{

  "db_url": "connectionString",

  "current_user_name": "userName"

}

```

- To install the aggreGator 🐊 runs. After this `bootdev-gator` appears as a command in the shell.

```bash

go install

```

Some commands to run:

- `bootdev-gator register `

- `bootdev-gator addfeed  `

- `bootdev-gator agg `

- `bootdev-gator browse  `