rss

rss#

Description#

A plugin for parsing and subscribing to RSS feeds.

Configuration#

rss:
  # [Optional]
  # List of feeds to monitor for updates, as URLs.
  # OPML URLs/local files are also supported.
  # subscriptions:   # type=Optional[Collection[str]]

  # [Optional]
  # How often we should check for updates (default: 300 seconds).
  # poll_seconds: 300  # type=int

  # [Optional]
  # Custom user agent to use for the requests.
  # user_agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/62.0.3202.94 Safari/537.36  # type=str

  # [Optional]
  # How often the `RunnablePlugin.loop <https://docs.platypush.tech/platypush/plugins/.html#platypush.plugins.RunnablePlugin.loop>`_ function should be
  # executed (default: 15 seconds). *NOTE*: For back-compatibility
  # reasons, the `poll_seconds` argument is also supported, but it's
  # deprecated.
  # poll_interval: 15  # type=Optional[float]

  # [Optional]
  # How long we should wait for any running
  # threads/processes to stop before exiting (default: 5 seconds).
  # stop_timeout: 5  # type=Optional[float]

  # [Optional]
  # If set to True then the plugin will not monitor
  # for new events. This is useful if you want to run a plugin in
  # stateless mode and only leverage its actions, without triggering any
  # events. Defaults to False.
  # disable_monitor: False  # type=bool

Dependencies#

pip

pip install defusedxml feedparser

Alpine

apk add py3-defusedxml py3-feedparser

Debian

apt install python3-defusedxml python3-feedparser

Fedora

yum install python-feedparser python-defusedxml

Arch Linux

pacman -S python-feedparser python-defusedxml

Triggered events#

Actions#

Module reference#

class platypush.plugins.rss.RssPlugin(subscriptions: Collection[str] | None = None, poll_seconds: int = 300, user_agent: str = 'Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/62.0.3202.94 Safari/537.36', **kwargs)[source]#

Bases: RunnablePlugin

A plugin for parsing and subscribing to RSS feeds.

__init__(subscriptions: Collection[str] | None = None, poll_seconds: int = 300, user_agent: str = 'Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/62.0.3202.94 Safari/537.36', **kwargs)[source]#
Parameters:

  • subscriptions – List of feeds to monitor for updates, as URLs. OPML URLs/local files are also supported.

  • poll_seconds – How often we should check for updates (default: 300 seconds).

  • user_agent – Custom user agent to use for the requests.

export_to_opml() → str[source]#

Export the list of subscriptions into OPML format.

Returns:

The list of subscriptions as a string in OPML format.

get_latest_entries(limit: int = 20)[source]#

Get the latest entries from the subscribed feeds, sorted by descending published date.

Parameters:

limit – Maximum number of entries to return (default: 20).

Returns:

[
  {
    "author": "Feed entry author",
    "content": "Feed entry content",
    "feed_title": "Feed title",
    "feed_url": "https://some-website/rss",
    "id": "1234",
    "published": "2024-07-16T18:25:34.255844+00:00",
    "summary": "Feed entry summary",
    "tags": "Feed entry tags",
    "title": "Feed entry title",
    "url": "https://some-website/articles/1234"
  }
]

main()[source]#

Implementation of the main loop of the plugin.

parse_feed(url: str)[source]#

Parse a feed URL.

Parameters:

url – Feed URL.

Returns:

[
  {
    "author": "Feed entry author",
    "content": "Feed entry content",
    "feed_title": "Feed title",
    "feed_url": "https://some-website/rss",
    "id": "1234",
    "published": "2024-07-16T18:25:34.255844+00:00",
    "summary": "Feed entry summary",
    "tags": "Feed entry tags",
    "title": "Feed entry title",
    "url": "https://some-website/articles/1234"
  }
]

start()#

Start the plugin.

stop()[source]#

Stop the plugin.

wait_stop(timeout=None)#

Wait until a stop event is received.

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