Go-Blog-Aggregator (gator)

A command-line RSS feed aggregator built in Go. Follow your favorite blogs and browse their latest posts directly from the terminal.

Prerequisites

• Go (1.21 or later)
• PostgreSQL

Installation

go install github.com/your-username/Go-Blog-Aggregator@latest

Database Setup
Create a PostgreSQL database for the application:

CREATE DATABASE gator;

Then run the migrations to set up the schema.

Configuration

Go-Blog-Aggregator reads from a config file located at ~/.gatorconfig.json. Create it with the following structure:

{ "db_url": "postgres://username:password@localhost:5432/gator?sslmode=disable", "current_user_name": "" }

Replace username and password with your PostgreSQL credentials.

Usage

Register and login

Go-Blog-Aggregator register <username>
Go-Blog-Aggregator login <username>

Add and follow feeds

Add a new RSS feed

Go-Blog-Aggregator addfeed "Boot.dev Blog" https://blog.boot.dev/index.xml

Follow an existing feed

Go-Blog-Aggregator follow https://blog.boot.dev/index.xml

See all feeds you follow

Go-Blog-Aggregator following

Unfollow a feed

Go-Blog-Aggregator unfollow https://blog.boot.dev/index.xml

Aggregate and browse posts

• Start the aggregator (fetches feeds on an interval)

Go-Blog-Aggregator agg 30s

Browse your latest posts (defaults to 2)

Go-Blog-Aggregator browse

Browse with a custom limit

Go-Blog-Aggregator browse 10