DiscoRSS

This Python script fetches the latest entries from multiple RSS feeds and sends them to a Discord channel. The bot uses the discord and feedparser libraries to interact with Discord and parse RSS feeds, respectively.

Dependencies

• discord
• feedparser
• dotenv
• pyyaml

How to Use

Critical prerequisites to install

• run pip3 install -r requirements.txt

• Rename the file .env.dev to .env

Step 1: Create a Discord bot

1. Go to https://discord.com/developers/applications create an application

2. Build a Discord bot under the application

3. Click Reset Token and then copy the token

4. Turn ALL INTENT ON

5. Invite your bot to your server via OAuth2 URL Generator

Step 2: Storing the values

1. Store the Discord Channel ID, Bot Token, RSS Feed URLs and Timezone to .env under the DISCORD_CHANNEL_ID, DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN, and RSS_FEED_URLS

You're all set.

Run the bot on the desktop

1. Open a terminal or command prompt

2. Navigate to the directory where you cloned the repository

3. Run python3 main.py to start the bot

How the bot works

• This bot works by periodically fetching the latest articles from one or more RSS feeds and sending them to specified Discord channels.

• When the bot starts, it logs in to Discord using a bot token and sets up a loop that runs indefinitely. Inside the loop, the bot fetches the RSS feeds and checks for new articles. If a new article is found, the bot sends a message to the specified Discord channel with the article title and link.

• The bot keeps track of which articles have already been sent to each channel using a YAML file called sent_articles.yaml. This file is updated every time a new article is sent, to ensure that duplicate articles are not sent to the same channel.