(Based on https://github.com/h43z/rssify.)
Rssify is a tool that builds RSS feeds from websites that don't have one. It reads from a config file the websites you want to rssify, parsing title, url, date and content via css selectors. The feed is then written to a directory.
Feeds can be manually described in the config file or using templates. A template is a python module that defines a url regex that matches the urls you want to rssify using the template, the css selectors for title, url, date and/or content, and functions that are applied to the selected html elements.
A server can be optionally deployed to provide an HTTP API to add websites to rssify and update the feeds. The server can be paired with a userscript to add websites covered by a template with a shortcut from a web browser.
Clone the repository:
$ git clone https://github.com/fran-penedo/rssify
Install with PIP:
$ pip install rssify
Optionally, install server requirements:
$ pip install rssify[server]
Optionally, install the userscript. Install a userscript extension (for example, Greasemonkey for firefox), then click here to install the userscript.
CLI usage is given by:
$ rssify -h
Deploy the server to localhost with:
$ rssify-server
If you want to deploy the server in a different setting, please refer to Flask documentation.
The userscript provides the shortcut "C-S-u" to add a website to rssify. Make sure to modify the URL if you deploy the server somewhere else.
You can update your feeds running rssify in a CRON job, or you can use the /update API call for the server. If you add a website to the config manually, make sure to restart the server.
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
Copyright (C) 2020-2021, Francisco Penedo Alvarez (contact@franpenedo.com)