readrss

thanks FJRP you can now return an rss feed

modules/rss.py

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# rss feed module for meshing-around 2025
+from modules.log import *
+import urllib.request
+import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
+
+RSS_FEED_URL = rssFeedURL
+RSS_RETURN_COUNT = rssMaxItems
+RSS_TRIM_LENGTH = rssTruncate
+
+def get_rss_feed():
+    try:
+        with urllib.request.urlopen(RSS_FEED_URL) as response:
+            xml_data = response.read()
+        root = ET.fromstring(xml_data)
+        items = root.findall('.//item')[:RSS_RETURN_COUNT]
+        if not items:
+            return "No RSS feed entries found."
+        formatted_entries = []
+        for item in items:
+            title = item.findtext('title', default='No title')
+            link = item.findtext('link', default='No link')
+            description = item.findtext('description', default='No description')
+            pub_date = item.findtext('pubDate', default='No date')
+
+            # strip all HTML tags and markup
+            description = ''.join(ET.fromstring(f"<div>{description}</div>").itertext())
+            if len(description) > RSS_TRIM_LENGTH:
+                description = description[:97] + "..."
+
+            formatted_entries.append(f"{title}\n{description}\n")
+        return "\n".join(formatted_entries)
+    except Exception as e:
+        return f"Error fetching RSS feed: {e}"

modules/settings.py

@@ -240,6 +240,10 @@ try:
     favoriteNodeList = config['general'].get('favoriteNodeList', '').split(',')
     enableEcho = config['general'].getboolean('enableEcho', False) # default False
     echoChannel = config['general'].getint('echoChannel', '9') # default 9, empty string to ignore
+    rssEnable = config['general'].getboolean('rssEnable', True) # default True
+    rssFeedURL = config['general'].get('rssFeedURL', 'http://www.hackaday.com/rss.xml')
+    rssMaxItems = config['general'].getint('rssMaxItems', 3) # default 3 items
+    rssTruncate = config['general'].getint('rssTruncate', 100) # default 100 characters
 
     # emergency response
     emergency_responder_enabled = config['emergencyHandler'].getboolean('enabled', False)

modules/system.py

@@ -210,6 +210,12 @@ if wikipedia_enabled:
     trap_list = trap_list + ("wiki:",)
     help_message = help_message + ", wiki:"
 
+# RSS Feed Configuration
+if rssEnable:
+    from modules.rss import * # from the spudgunman/meshing-around repo
+    trap_list = trap_list + ("readrss",)
+    help_message = help_message + ", readrss"
+
 # LLM Configuration
 if llm_enabled:
     from modules.llm import * # from the spudgunman/meshing-around repo