Feed2twister is a simple script to post items from RSS/ATOM feeds to Twister.
Note: If you upgrade an old installation where you don't have
feed2twister.conf yet, use a copy of feed2twister.conf.examples and
edit it so that it contains similar settings to those you had at conf.py
use_shortener at feedparser.conf.example)run git submodule update --init (to install a patched
version
of bitcoin-rpc (a twister-related unicode fix). If you don't have
git(?) you can download the
zip,
and copy the bitcoinrpc directory into this directory (overwrite
whatever you have ther now. probably an empty folder).
Copy feed2twister.conf.example to feed2twister.conf and edit it
to taste.
Normally, you would run this as a cron task:
/path/to/this/feed2twister.py [-c CONFIGFILE] [N]
if [optional] N is supplied, it's used as the maximum items to post
(per feed). Default is (by presence order) max_new_items_per_feed from
conf file or 0.
If there are more than N new items in a feed, "over quota" items get
marked as if they were posted (this can be handy when you add a new feed
with a long history).
Specifically, python feed2twister.py 0 would make all feeds "catch up"
without posting anything.
if [optional] CONFIGFILE is supplied, it is used as a custom config
file, instead of the first file found in the following list:
./feed2twister.conf, ~/.config/feed2twister.conf,
~/.feed2twister.conf
There is now an option to use your own URL shortener by defining
use_shortener = user_shortener at feed2twister.conf.
If you're looking for ideas, the shortener I use is here.
Some more options are available:
do_not_include_link (boolean, default False): if True, feed2twister
will NOT prepend the feed item title with the item link before posting
it to twister.
skip_first_title_char (int, default None): if set, feed2twister will
strip this amount of character from the begining of the feed item
title. Usefull to skip your login from app.net feed for example.