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NAME

RSSBOT - 24/7 feed Fetcher

INSTALL

$ pipx install rssbot
$ pipx ensurepath

SYNOPSIS

rssbot <cmd> [key=val] [key==val]
rssbotd

DESCRIPTION

RSSBOT is a python3 bot able to display rss feeds in your channel.

RSSBOT comes with a cli to configure and a daemon to run in the
background, hooking the daemon in systemd brings a 24/7 available
rssbot in your channel.

COMMANDS

cfg - irc configuration
cmd - commands
dpl - sets display items
mre - displays cached output
pwd - sasl nickserv name/pass
rem - removes a rss feed
rss - add a feed

CONFIGURATION

irc

$ rssbot cfg server=<server>
$ rssbot cfg channel=<channel>
$ rssbot cfg nick=<nick>

sasl

$ rssbot pwd <nsvnick> <nspass>
$ rssbot cfg password=<frompwd>

rss

$ rssbot rss <url>
$ rssbot dpl <url> <item1,item2>
$ rssbot rem <url>
$ rssbot nme <url> <name>

SYSTEMD

save the following it in /etc/systems/system/rssbot.service and replace “<user>” with the user running pipx

[Unit]
Description=24/7 feed fetcher
Requires=network-online.target
After=network-online.target

[Service]
Type=simple
User=<user>
Group=<user>
WorkingDirectory=/home/<user>/.rssbot
ExecStart=/home/<user>/.local/pipx/venvs/rssbot/bin/rssbotd
RemainAfterExit=yes

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

then run this

$ mkdir ~/.rssbot
$ sudo systemctl enable rssbot --now

default channel/server is #rssbot on localhost

FILES

~/.rssbot
~/.local/bin/rssbot
~/.local/bin/rssbotd
~/.local/pipx/venvs/rssbot/

AUTHOR

Bart Thate <bthate@dds.nl>

COPYRIGHT

RSSBOT is Public Domain.