The latest version of rss2irc is 1.2-0.
rss2irc
Version 0.3 revision 0 uploaded by SimonMichael.
Package meta
- Synopsis
- Watch an RSS/Atom feed and write it to an IRC channel
- Description
This bot polls a single RSS or Atom feed and announces updates to an IRC channel, with options for customizing output and behavior. It aims to be a simple, dependable bot that does its job and creates no problems.
Usage: rss2irc [OPTS] FEEDURL [irc://]BOTNAME@IRCSERVER/#CHANNEL or: rss2irc [OPTS] FEEDURL (same as --debug) Options: -p PORT --port=PORT irc server port (default 6667) --ident=STR set the bot's identity string (useful for contact info) --delay=N wait for N seconds before starting (helps avoid mass joins) -i N --interval=N polling interval in minutes (default 5) -r N --recent=N announce up to N recent items at startup (default 0) -m N --max-items=N announce at most N items per polling interval (default 5) --no-title don't show title (title is announced by default) -a --author show author -d --description show description -l --link show link URL -t --time show timestamp -e --email show email addresses (these are stripped by default) -h --html show HTML tags and entities (these are stripped by default) --replace="OLD/NEW" replace OLD with NEW (regexpr patterns) -n N --num-iterations=N exit after N iterations -q --quiet silence normal console output --debug do not connect to irc --debug-irc show irc activity --debug-feed show feed items and polling stats --debug-xml show feed content --debug-http show feed fetching progressFor example, to announce Hackage updates:
rss2irc irc.freenode.org '#haskell' mybot http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/recent.rss- Author
- Don Stewart <dons@galois.com>, Simon Michael <simon@joyful.com>
- Bug reports
- n/a
- Category
- Network
- Copyright
- n/a
- Homepage
- http://hackage.haskell.org/package/rss2irc
- Maintainer
- Simon Michael <simon@joyful.com>
- Package URL
- n/a
- Stability
- experimental