rss-fulltext-proxy

Mirrors RSS feeds to return the full content of the items, extracted from the website.
RSS Fulltext Proxy
21 May 20204410
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RSS Fulltext Proxy 📃

Can "proxy"/mirror any RSS Feed to fetch full-text Content. Allows integration into any feed reader, without plugins or further configuration required.

Deployment

Using Docker (recommended)

  1. Download and modify the docker-compose.yml file to your liking.
  2. Run docker-compose up -d

Manually

  1. Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/Kombustor/rss-fulltext-proxy.git
  2. Change working path: cd rss-fulltext-proxy
  3. Install dependencies: npm install
  4. Compile: npm run build
  5. Run: node dist/server.js

Note: You have to set the environment variables described in Configuration yourself, and you have to start a local redis server.

Configuration

The application is easily configurable with environment variables.

Name Type Default Description
PORT number 3000 The port the webserver listens on.
REDIS_URL string redis://127.0.0.1 The redis connection URL for caching.
CACHE_EXPIRY_SECONDS number 900 The number of seconds for cache entries to expire.

Usage

We have to define two query parameters:

Identifier Description
feed The original feed URL to proxy.
selectors URL-encoded string[] of CSS-selectors.

Example:

  • Feed URL: http://rss.sueddeutsche.de/rss/Topthemen
  • Query Selectors of relevant HTML elements: ["figure.asset-image", "section.body > p, section.body > h3"]
  • URL-encoded selectors using this website: %5B%22figure.asset-image%22%2C%20%22section.body%20%3E%20p%2C%20section.body%20%3E%20h3%22%5D
  • The URL we are adding to our feed reader is: http://host:post/?feed=http://rss.sueddeutsche.de/rss/Topthemen&selectors=%5B%22figure.asset-image%22%2C%20%22section.body%20%3E%20p%2C%20section.body%20%3E%20h3%22%5D
  • We are getting full-text RSS content for this feed. 🔥

A collection of selectors can be found on the wiki page. If you create or improve a selector, feel free to open a pull request to add it to the wiki page.

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

TODO

  • Make redis optional.
  • Add common templates for easier usage.
  • Unit tests.
  • Linting.
  • Add option to clear cache.
  • Tutorial on how to choose selectors.
  • Webinterface to visually select elements that should be included/removed.
  • Support websites which don't provide a RSS feed.

License

MIT