URLs To RSS

Intro

This project was created from the need to create custom RSS feeds from some URLs. The goal was the enable an input of array of strings (each is a URL to an article), extract the meta data from each article and create a custom RSS feed from it.

Installation

go get github.com/pushapps/urlstorss

Usage

// Your articles to be put in the RSS feed
articles := []string{"http://noticieros.televisa.com/economia/2016-12-10/operativo-rampa-revisara-salud-pilotos-aeropuertos-pais/",
	"http://noticieros.televisa.com/economia/2016-12-09/malasia-petronas-operara-aguas-profundas-mexico/",
	"http://noticieros.televisa.com/economia/2016-12-08/mezcla-mexicana-avanza-49-centavos-barril-cierra-43-81/",
	"http://noticieros.televisa.com/economia/2016-12-09/dolar-cierra-semana-ligera-alza/",
	"http://noticieros.televisa.com/economia/2016-12-08/crece-economia-estados-industriales-caen-petroleros-inegi/",
	"http://noticieros.televisa.com/economia/2016-12-08/precios-consumidor-suben-0-78-ciento-noviembre-inegi/",
	"http://noticieros.televisa.com/economia/2016-12-09/juncker-lanza-advertencia-paises-bloque-quieran-ir-libre/",
	"http://noticieros.televisa.com/economia/2016-11-10/juncker-pide-trump-aclare-posturas-comercio-clima-otan/",
	"http://noticieros.televisa.com/economia/2016-12-09/china-fija-principales-tareas-economicas-2017/",}

now := time.Now()

// Create your RSS feed
feed := &feeds.Feed{
	Title:       "Testing Go RSS creator",
	Link:        &feeds.Link{Href: "http://noticieros.televisa.com/"},
	Description: "Testing Go RSS creator - Description",
	Created:     now,
}

// Add the items
feed.Items = []*feeds.Item{}
for i := 0; i < len(articles); i++ {
	feed.Items = append(feed.Items, helpers.UrlToRssItem(articles[i]))
}

// Atom format
atom, err := feed.ToAtom()
if err != nil {
	log.Fatal(err)
}

// RSS format
rss, err := feed.ToRss()
if err != nil {
	log.Fatal(err)
}

fmt.Println(rss)
fmt.Println("\n\n\n\n")
fmt.Println(atom)

What's Next?

1. Wrap everything with an HTTP server
2. Download the RSS as a file directly
3. Add more support for RSS and ATOM custom formats

Thanks

1. gorilla/feeds - Used the basic classes and formats from this library

2. dyatlov/go-opengraph - Used for parsing the meta data from the articles