Checks RSS/Atom feeds for new entries and forwards them to different targets (called "sinks"), such as webhooks or applications/scripts.
| Sink | Type value | Description |
| ------------| :-------: | ----------- |
| Discord | discord | Discord webhook |
| Slack | slack | Slack webhook |
| Custom | custom | JSON stream to stdin |
jq required!
BASH
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.3 -LO "$(curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.3 -sSf https://api.github.com/repos/morphy2k/rss-forwarder/releases/latest | jq -r ".assets[] | select(.name == \"rss-forwarder-linux-x86_64\") | .browser_download_url")"
chmod +x rss-forwarder-linux-x86_64
sudo mv rss-forwarder-linux-x86_64 /usr/local/bin/rss-forwarder
BASH
cargo install rss-forwarder
```TXT
USAGE: rss-forwarder [OPTIONS]
OPTIONS: --debug Enables debug mode -h, --help Show help information -v, --version Show version info ```
The feed configuration is passed as a TOML file.
| Field | Type | Required | Default | Description |
| -------------|:----:|:--------:|:--------:| ----------- |
| url | string | Yes | | URL to the RSS feed |
| interval | string | No | 60s | Specifies the time interval between checks. E.g. 10m, 3h, 1d. |
| retry_limit | uint | No | 10 | Specifies the retries after certain errors. |
| sink | object | Yes | | Sink options |
Sends feed items to a Discord webhook
| Field | Type | Required | Default | Description |
| -------------|:----:|:--------:|:--------:| ----------- |
| type | string | Yes | | Sink type |
| url | string | Yes | | Discord webhook URL |
Sends feed items to a Slack webhook
| Field | Type | Required | Default | Description |
| -------------|:----:|:--------:|:--------:| ----------- |
| type | string | Yes | | Sink type |
| url | string | Yes | | Slack webhook URL |
Streams feed items in NDJSON to stdin.
| Field | Type | Required | Default | Description |
| -------------|:----:|:--------:|:--------:| ----------- |
| type | string | Yes | | Sink type |
| command | string | Yes | | Program path |
| arguments | [string] | No | | Arguments to pass to the program. |
JSON
{
"title": "Item Example",
"description": "This is an example",
"content": "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua.",
"link": "https://example.com/news/item-example",
"date": "2021-09-08T23:12:05+02:00",
"authors": [
{
"name": "Jane Doe",
"email": "jane@example.com",
"uri": "https://example.com/author/jane-doe"
}
]
}
```TOML
[feeds.github-blog] url = "https://github.blog/all.atom" interval = "10m" retry_limit = 5 sink.type = "discord" sink.url = "https://discord.com/api/webhooks/84175.../OZdejNBCL1..."
[feeds.rust-blog] url = "https://blog.rust-lang.org/feed.xml" interval = "1m"
[feeds.rust-blog.sink] type = "custom" command = "bash" arguments = ["-c", "cat - >> ./rust-blog.log"] ```