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  • RSS reader?

    From Waethorn to All on Thursday, August 25, 2022 11:55:58
    Has anybody heard of any kind of possible JS/terminal-mode/command-prompt RSS reader that would work with Synchronet? Looking to get RSS feeds put into the BBS as a sort-of pre-selected News or read-only message section. I'd prefer if there was some way to just sync and download to an NNTP server that could be fe d into a news reader in a Synchro menu, but I'd settle for a live on-demand parse as an alternate because it's probably simpler to implement.
  • From Digital Man to Waethorn on Thursday, August 25, 2022 12:11:52
    Re: RSS reader?
    By: Waethorn to All on Thu Aug 25 2022 11:55 am

    Has anybody heard of any kind of possible JS/terminal-mode/command-prompt RSS reader that would work with Synchronet? Looking to get RSS feeds put into the BBS as a sort-of pre-selected News or read-only message section. I'd prefer if there was some way to just sync and download to an NNTP server that could be fe d into a news reader in a Synchro menu, but I'd settle for a live on-demand parse as an alternate because it's probably simpler to implement.

    See exec/web_feed_importer.js, I think that does what you're asking.
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    digital man (rob)

    Synchronet "Real Fact" #65:
    Synchronet can dynamically compress and uncompress message bases (using LZH) Norco, CA WX: 87.9°F, 44.0% humidity, 6 mph SSE wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs
  • From Waethorn to Digital Man on Thursday, August 25, 2022 15:36:04
    This works perfectly for what I'm looking for. Thanks!

    I like it when websites post full articles in their RSS feed so that you can get a "Reader View" in an RSS reader instead of having to use the browser method, but I really hate when they just publish headlines with page links.