NAME¶

sfeedrc — sfeed_update(1) configuration file

DESCRIPTION¶

sfeedrc is the configuration file for sfeed_update(1).

VARIABLES¶

sfeedpath

can be set for the directory to store the TAB-separated feed files. The default is $HOME/.sfeed/feeds.

maxjobs

can be used to change the amount of concurrent feed() jobs. The default is 16.

FUNCTIONS¶

feeds()

This function is the required "main" entry-point function called from sfeed_update(1).

feed(name, feedurl, basesiteurl, encoding)

Inside the feeds() function feeds can be defined by calling the feed() function, its arguments are:

name

Name of the feed, this is also used as the filename for the TAB-separated feed file. The feed name cannot contain the '/' character because it is a path separator, they will be replaced with '_'. Each name should be unique.

feedurl

URL to fetch the RSS/Atom data from, usually a HTTP or HTTPS URL.

[basesiteurl]

Base URL of the feed links. This argument allows to fix relative item links.

According to the RSS and Atom specification feeds should always have absolute URLs, however this is not always the case in practise.

[encoding]

Feeds are decoded from this name to UTF-8, the name should be a usable character-set for the iconv(1) tool.

OVERRIDE FUNCTIONS¶

Because sfeed_update(1) is a shellscript each function can be overridden to change its behaviour, notable functions are:

fetch(name, url, feedfile)

Fetch feed from URL and write the data to stdout, its arguments are:

name

Specified name in configuration file (useful for logging).

url

URL to fetch.

feedfile

Used feedfile (useful for comparing modification times).

By default the tool curl(1) is used.

convertencoding(name, from, to)

Convert data from stdin from one text-encoding to another and write it to stdout, its arguments are:

name

Feed name.

from

From text-encoding.

to

To text-encoding.

By default the tool iconv(1) is used.

parse(name, feedurl, basesiteurl)

Read RSS/Atom XML data from stdin, convert and write it as sfeed(5) data to stdout.

name

Name of the feed.

feedurl

URL of the feed.

basesiteurl

Base URL of the feed links. This argument allows to fix relative item links.

filter(name, url)

Filter sfeed(5) data from stdin and write it to stdout, its arguments are:

name

Feed name.

url

URL of the feed.

merge(name, oldfile, newfile)

Merge sfeed(5) data of oldfile with newfile and write it to stdout, its arguments are:

name

Feed name.

oldfile

Old file.

newfile

New file.

order(name, url)

Sort sfeed(5) data from stdin and write it to stdout, its arguments are:

name

Feed name.

url

URL of the feed.

EXAMPLES¶

An example configuration file is included named sfeedrc.example and also shown below:

#sfeedpath="$HOME/.sfeed/feeds"

# list of feeds to fetch:
feeds() {
	# feed <name> <feedurl> [basesiteurl] [encoding]
	feed "codemadness" "https://www.codemadness.org/atom_content.xml"
	feed "explosm" "http://feeds.feedburner.com/Explosm"
	feed "golang github releases" "https://github.com/golang/go/releases.atom"
	feed "linux kernel" "https://www.kernel.org/feeds/kdist.xml" "https://www.kernel.org"
	feed "reddit openbsd" "https://old.reddit.com/r/openbsd/.rss"
	feed "slashdot" "http://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdot" "http://slashdot.org"
	feed "tweakers" "http://feeds.feedburner.com/tweakers/mixed" "http://tweakers.net" "iso-8859-1"
	# get youtube Atom feed: curl -s -L 'https://www.youtube.com/user/gocoding/videos' | sfeed_web | cut -f 1
	feed "youtube golang" "https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=UCO3LEtymiLrgvpb59cNsb8A"
	feed "xkcd" "https://xkcd.com/atom.xml" "https://xkcd.com"
}

To change the default curl(1) options for fetching the data, the fetch() function can be overridden and added at the top of the sfeedrc file:

# fetch(name, url, feedfile)
fetch() {
	# allow for 1 redirect, set User-Agent, timeout is 15 seconds.
	curl -L --max-redirs 1 -H "User-Agent: 007" -f -s -m 15 \
		"$2" 2>/dev/null
}

SEE ALSO¶

curl(1), iconv(1), sfeed_update(1), sh(1)

AUTHORS¶

Hiltjo Posthuma <hiltjo@codemadness.org>