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GitHub Action

SlackFeedBot

v1.2.3

SlackFeedBot

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SlackFeedBot

Push RSS feed updates to Slack via GitHub Actions

Installation

Copy and paste the following snippet into your .yml file.

 
              
- name: SlackFeedBot

              
  uses: selfagency/slackfeedbot@v1.2.3
Learn more about this action in selfagency/slackfeedbot

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SlackFeedBot

Push RSS feed updates to Slack via GitHub Actions

Sample output

How to use this Action

  1. Add the Incoming Webhooks app to your Slack workspace if you haven't already.
  2. Create a new webhook by clicking the Add to Slack button.
  3. Customize the webhook however you like, then copy the webhook URL.

Sample configuration

  1. Create a new workflow in your desired repository (e.g. .github/workflows/slackfeedbot.yml) and drop in the follwing, where:

    • rss is an RSS feed URL.
    • slack_webhook is the URL of your Slack webhook (this can and probably should be a repository or organization secret).
    • cache_dir is the folder in which you want to cache RSS data to prevent publishing duplicates (e.g., ~/slackfeedbot), or alternately...
    • interval is the number of minutes between runs of the parent workflow, as specified in the cron section of the schedule workflow trigger (may publish duplicates due to post pinning).
    • unfurl tells Slack to show the Open Graph preview. If set to false the title, date, short description, and a link to the feed item will be posted. Defaults to false because it's kind of flaky.

Examples

With cache folder

Hashes and caches the post title + creation date to ensure no duplicates are posted.

name: SlackFeedBot
on:
  schedule:
    - cron: '*/15 * * * *'
jobs:
  rss-to-slack:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Generate cache key
        uses: actions/github-script@v6
        id: generate-key
        with:
          script: |
            core.setOutput('cache-key', new Date().valueOf())
      - name: Retrieve cache
        uses: actions/cache@v2
        with:
          path: ./slackfeedbot-cache
          key: feed-cache-${{ steps.generate-key.outputs.cache-key }}
      - name: NYT
        uses: 'selfagency/feedbot@v1.2.3'
        with:
          rss: 'https://rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml'
          slack_webhook: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK }}
          cache_dir: '~/slackfeedbot'

With interval

No cache, but maybe duplicates.

name: SlackFeedBot
on:
  schedule:
    - cron: '*/15 * * * *'
jobs:
  rss-to-slack:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: NYT
        uses: 'selfagency/feedbot@v1.2.3'
        with:
          rss: 'https://rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml'
          slack_webhook: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK }}
          interval: 15

Unfurl URLs

name: FeedBot
on:
  schedule:
    - cron: '*/15 * * * *'
jobs:
  rss-to-slack:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Generate cache key
        uses: actions/github-script@v6
        id: generate-key
        with:
          script: |
            core.setOutput('cache-key', new Date().valueOf())
      - name: Retrieve cache
        uses: actions/cache@v2
        with:
          path: ./slackfeedbot-cache
          key: feed-cache-${{ steps.generate-key.outputs.cache-key }}
      - name: NYT
        uses: 'selfagency/feedbot@v1.2.3'
        with:
          rss: 'https://rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml'
          slack_webhook: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK }}
          cache_dir: '~/slackfeedbot'
          unfurl: true

Multiple feeds

name: FeedBot
on:
  schedule:
    - cron: '*/15 * * * *'
jobs:
  rss-to-slack:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Generate cache key
        uses: actions/github-script@v6
        id: generate-key
        with:
          script: |
            core.setOutput('cache-key', new Date().valueOf())
      - name: Retrieve cache
        uses: actions/cache@v2
        with:
          path: ./slackfeedbot-cache
          key: feed-cache-${{ steps.generate-key.outputs.cache-key }}
      - name: LAT
        uses: 'selfagency/feedbot@v1.2.3'
        with:
          rss: 'https://www.latimes.com/rss2.0.xml'
          slack_webhook: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK }}
          cache_dir: '~/slackfeedbot'
      - name: WaPo
        uses: 'selfagency/feedbot@v1.2.3'
        with:
          rss: 'https://feeds.washingtonpost.com/rss/homepage'
          slack_webhook: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK }}
          cache_dir: '~/slackfeedbot'