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#1 2020-08-29 18:16:21

graysky
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Unable to get newsboat to read a local RSS file [SOLVED]

I want to convert a HTML file to RSS so I can watch for changes with newsboat.  I hacked together a bash script that seems to work but I am unclear how I can get newsboat to consume it.

The script:

#!/bin/bash

target="https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/stable-review/"
mapfile -t items < <(lynx -dump -listonly "$target" | sed "s|.*$target||" | grep xz)

cat <<EOF
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0">

  <channel>
    <title>stable review</title>
    <link>$target</link>
    <description>Stable review patches</description>

EOF
{
  for i in "${items[@]}"; do
    echo "    <item>"
    echo "      <title>$i</title>"
    echo "      <link>$target$i</link>"
    echo "    </item>"
  done
  echo '  </channel>'
  echo '</rss>' 
}

My entry in ~/.newsboat/urls

filter:~/.newsboat/stable-review.sh:https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/stable-review

Seems to work as expected!

Last edited by graysky (2020-08-29 19:15:20)


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#2 2020-08-29 18:24:25

progandy
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Re: Unable to get newsboat to read a local RSS file [SOLVED]

What line did you add to newsboat?

Last edited by progandy (2020-08-29 18:24:49)


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#3 2020-08-29 18:36:23

graysky
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Re: Unable to get newsboat to read a local RSS file [SOLVED]

I figured out my error.  I will edit the first post.


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