Gator

A command-line tool for aggregating RSS feeds and viewing posts. Supports multiple users.

Installation

Requires Go and a local Postgres database. Install with:

go install github.com/luckysal/gator

Config

Create a .gatorconfig.json file in your home directory with the following structure:

{
    "db_url": "<database_connection_string>"
}

Usage

Create a user:

gator register <username>

Add a feed:

gator addfeed <feed_name> <url>

Start the aggregator:

gator agg 1m

View the posts:

gator browse [limit]

Other commands:

• gator login <username> - Log in to an existing user
• gator users - List all registered users
• gator feeds - List all feeds in the database
• gator follow <url> - Follow a feed that already exists in the database
• gator following - List all feeds the current user is following
• gator unfollow <url> - Unfollow a feed that the current user is following