====== RSS ======

(and Atom)

I'm currently using [[thunderbird]] for RSS, subscribing to a small amount of feeds, and filtering heavily. I got tired of having heaps of feed subscriptions, felt like a job that same way social media does.

===== RSS Readers =====

==== Embedding ====
  * [[https://felix.plesoianu.ro/web/news-cycle-desc.html|News Cycle]] - RSS-as-slideshow viewer you can build into your website.

===== Aggregating =====

Not bothering with things you can't host yourself. RSSMix is a popular free service that doesn't seem to be doing anything fishy, but it goes down a bunch.

  * [[github>gbierman/RSSMerge]] - Gone? Og here's another repo: [[github>charlieegan3/rssmerge]]
  * [[github>simplepie/simplepie/]] - [[PHP]] library.
  * [[https://offog.org/code/rawdog/|rawdog]] - [[HTML]] output by default, but can also generatea feed with a plugin.
  * [[feed2toot]] posts from RSS to [[Mastodon]], but [[https://feed2toot.readthedocs.io/en/latest/configure.html#simple-list-of-rss-feeds|it can do so from multiple feeds]]. You could take the Atom feed from the Masto account if you really needed to~~~~~
  * [[github>chase-seibert/rsscombine]] - In [[Go]].
  * [[github>daverix/RSSMerger]] - Simple [[PHP]], HTML output.
  * [[github>fboender/rssmerger]] - Simple [[Python]].
  * [[github>Guillaume-RICHARD/rssmerger]] - Simple [[PHP]].

==== Planets ====

//Planets// are a barely-surviving form of web-viewable RSS aggregations. Typically sites would have a 'planet' subdomain, and that page would render results for a number of feeds on a particular topic. Pretty common for Linux and programmery news.

  * https://web.archive.org/web/20171022180733/http://planetplanet.org/
  * https://github.com/search?q=planet+rss
  * https://offog.org/code/rawdog/ - Generates static HTML page from feeds.
  * https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:RSS - For [[mediawiki]].
  * https://wordpress.org/plugins/planetplanet/ - For [[wordpress]].
  * [[https://forum.textpattern.com/viewtopic.php?id=52274|ais_feed]] [[https://forum.textpattern.com/viewtopic.php?id=32718|smd_xml]] [[https://forum.textpattern.com/viewtopic.php?id=24981|asv_tumblelog]]- For [[textpattern]].

Active planets I've found (and that I find at least half-interesting):

  * https://planet.linuxaudio.org/
  * https://planet.freegamedev.net/ → https://planet.freegamedev.net/author/games/ https://planet.freegamedev.net/author/dev/ 

==== Yahoo Pipes ====

Yahoo Pipes was a web-based GUI thing you could use to (visually) script stuff. I used it to filter and combine various RSS feeds into one. Yahoo shut it down, but here're some similar projects.

  * [[github>huginn/huginn]]
  * [[github>fullscale/pypes]]
  * [[github>ericabouaf/webhookit]]

===== Creating =====

===== Websites that don't support RSS =====

For websites that don't have RSS feeds you can use thee tools to generate them:

  * [[github>RSSerpent/RSSerpent]]
  * [[github>DIYgod/RSSHub]]

==== Websites that maliciously don't support RSS ====
I assume to encourage you to make an account. In my experience tend to be shit websites I don't want to use! But they have people/things I want to keep track of :(

Arseholes.

  * e-flux
  * Facebook
  * Soundcloud
  * Twitter

=== Workarounds ===

  * ✰ [[github>RSS-Bridge/rss-bridge|rss-bridge]] - Supports heaps of places, and people also contribute. Need to host, //but// there are plenty of websites setup that run it already. EG: [[https://bridge.suumitsu.eu/|bridge.suumitsu.eu]]
  * [[https://twitrss.me/|TwitRSS.me]] - Very straightforward, enter someone's Twitter username and get an RSS feed. Also does Twitter searches.
  * [[https://queryfeed.net/|Queryfeed]] - Does Twitter, Facebook, Google+. Has a bunch more options. For examples get a feed of tags. Didn't like the Facebook page I fed it.
  * ✰ [[http://getrssfeed.com/|getrssfeed]] - Soundcloud and iTunes. RSS-Bridge doesn't work for Soundcloud for me, but this fills the gap!
  * [[https://ifttt.com/|IFTTT]] - Is a general tool for automating communication between programs. Somethings it helps here. Not a fan though.
  * <del>[[http://fetchrss.com/|FetchRSS]]</del> - General, needs registration.
  * [[http://feedkiller.com/|Feed Killer]]
  * [[https://selfoss.aditu.de/|Selfoss]] - I think this in actually an RSS reader?
  * [[http://www.feedsapi.com/|Feeds API]]
  * ✰ [[https://rssbox.herokuapp.com/|RSS Box]] - Nice and clear, supports lots of different places.
  * [[https://huginnio.herokuapp.com/|Huginn]] - Like IFTTT, a general automation tool that can be used to generate RSS feeds.
  * ✰ [[https://kill-the-newsletter.com/|Kill the Newsletter!]] - Slightly different, turns [[E-mail]] newsletters into RSS feeds.
  * [[https://openrss.org/|Open RSS]] - Haven't tried it, but seems similar to RSS Bridge (maybe it is?)

== Notes ==
  * For Facebook you have to run something to convert the JSON to RSS.
  * [[Youtube]] actually uses RSS, it's just hidden. You can view the feed with the URL ''https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id='' and searching the page markup for the ''channel_id'', or grab a browser plugin, etc.

== Personal Requirements ==
  * Feeds are editable after creation (excludes non-signup ones I guess).
  * Not dodgey.
  * Maybe self-hosted, or even just a script I can build a page around.

===== See Also =====
  * [[wp>RSS]] and [[wp>Atom_(web_standard)|Atom]]
  * [[github>AboutRSS/ALL-about-RSS|ALL about RSS]] - Big list of links and things on [[github]].
  * [[rjt>feeds.html|Feeds]]

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