Gator 🐊

This CLI tool is simple RSS aggregator written in Go and following the Blog Aggregator project course on Boot.dev.

⚠️ There is no server beyond the database; it is intended for local use only.

Prereqs

• Postgres
• Go

Install

go get github.com/lulock/gator

Set up config

• manually create a config file in your home directory ~/.gatorconfig.json
• It should have the following format:

{ "db_url": "connection_string_goes_here",
  "current_user_name": "username_goes_here"
}

• no need to set a current_user_name, the programme will set this.

Usage

command	description
go run . reset	resets database
go run . register [name]	registers [name] as user and logs user in as current user
go run . addfeed [feed name] [feed url]	adds [feed name] found at [feed url] to current logged in user
go run . follow [feed url]	follows [feed url] for current logged in user
go run . unfollow [feed url]	unfollows [feed url] for current logged in user
go run . agg [time interval]	fetches RSS feed every [time interval] and saves posts
go run . browse [max number]	browses fetched and saved posts from followed RSS feeds capped at [max number]