Anyone know how I can port an RSS feed to a message sub? Similar to the "Debate/CNN news sub on DoveNet?
echicken wrote to Lith <=-
Anyone know how I can port an RSS feed to a message sub? Similar to the
"Debate/CNN news sub on DoveNet? Check your 'exec' directory for a
file called 'web_feed_importer.js'. There are some setup instructions
in the comments at the top of the file. I wrote that script about a
year ago, then got distracted and/or lost interest in it. It works but IIRC needs a few improvements. I could put some more work into it if there's something that needs to be done.I would caution against running this script against a networked message area unless other participants
are okay with it. I would also recommend testing it in a throwaway
local sub board just to make sure it doesn't do anything crazy/spammy
in an area that you care about. (It worked fine the last time I
checked, but who knows.)---echicken electronic chicken bbs - bbs.electronicchicken.com - 416-273-7230
It's working fine ec... I was the one who asked yuo to update it a tad andstill waiting. Seems as if it's not catching the </P> and just continues on and one with no breaks...
echicken wrote to Lith <=-
Anyone know how I can port an RSS feed to a message sub? Similar to the
"Debate/CNN news sub on DoveNet? Check your 'exec' directory for a
file called 'web_feed_importer.js'. There are some setup instructions
in the comments at the top of the file. I wrote that script about a
year ago, then got distracted and/or lost interest in it. It works
but IIRC needs a few improvements. I could put some more work into it
if there's something that needs to be done.I would caution against
running this script against a networked message area unless other
participants are okay with it. I would also recommend testing it in a
throwaway local sub board just to make sure it doesn't do anything
crazy/spammy in an area that you care about. (It worked fine the last
time I checked, but who knows.)---echicken electronic chicken bbs -
bbs.electronicchicken.com - 416-273-7230
It's working fine ec... I was the one who asked yuo to update it a tad andstill waiting. Seems as if it's not catching the </P> and just continues on and one with no breaks...
mark lewis wrote to Bill McGarrity <=-
13 Oct 15 10:31, you wrote to echicken:
echicken wrote to Lith <=-
Anyone know how I can port an RSS feed to a message sub? Similar to the
"Debate/CNN news sub on DoveNet? Check your 'exec' directory for a
file called 'web_feed_importer.js'. There are some setup instructions
in the comments at the top of the file. I wrote that script about a
year ago, then got distracted and/or lost interest in it. It works
but IIRC needs a few improvements. I could put some more work into it
if there's something that needs to be done.I would caution against
running this script against a networked message area unless other
participants are okay with it. I would also recommend testing it in a
throwaway local sub board just to make sure it doesn't do anything
crazy/spammy in an area that you care about. (It worked fine the last
time I checked, but who knows.)---echicken electronic chicken bbs -
bbs.electronicchicken.com - 416-273-7230
It's working fine ec... I was the one who asked yuo to update it a tad andstill waiting. Seems as if it's not catching the </P> and just continues on and one with no breaks...
is /that/ why IIHF posts are all run together into a huge unreadable
mass?
echicken wrote to Bill McGarrity <=-
It's working fine ec... I was the one who asked yuo to update it a tadandstil
l waiting. Seems as if it's not catching the </P> and just continues
on and one with no breaks...
Sorry aboot that. I'll try to take a look at it soon. Can you point
me at a feed that it's having this problem with? I'll try to reproduce (and then fix) the issue.
It's working fine ec... I was the one who asked yuo to update it a tad
andstill waiting. Seems as if it's not catching the </P> and just
continues on and one with no breaks...
is /that/ why IIHF posts are all run together into a huge unreadable
mass?
Yes...
Here is one of the sites that just does a run-on.... http://www.iihf.com/index.php?id=187&type=100
(JustHere is one of the sites that just does a run-on....
http://www.iihf.com/index.php?id=187&type=100
Thanks for that. I've just committed an update of exec/web_feed_importer.js to the CVS which should take care of this.
a small change to handle certain HTML tags.)
echicken wrote to Bill McGarrity <=-
Re: Re: Port RSS feed to Message Sub
By: Bill McGarrity to echicken on Tue Oct 13 2015 17:52:00
Here is one of the sites that just does a run-on.... http://www.iihf.com/index.php?id=187&type=100
Thanks for that. I've just committed an update of exec/web_feed_importer.js to the CVS which should take care of this.
(Just a small change to handle certain HTML tags.)
Later on I might be better off looking for something that strips out
HTML and does sensible things around formatting the result as plain
text.
mark lewis wrote to Bill McGarrity <=-
13 Oct 15 22:59, echicken wrote to you:
Here is one of the sites that just does a run-on....
http://www.iihf.com/index.php?id=187&type=100
Thanks for that. I've just committed an update of exec/web_feed_importer.js to the CVS which should take care of this.
(Just
a small change to handle certain HTML tags.)
*much* better! :)
Check your 'exec' directory for a file called 'web_feed_importer.js'. There are some setup instructions in the comments at the top of the file. I wrote that script about a year ago, then got distracted and/or lost interest in it.
Re: Re: Port RSS feed to Message Subexec/web_feed_importer.js
By: Bill McGarrity to echicken on Tue Oct 13 2015 17:52:00
Here is one of the sites that just does a run-on.... http://www.iihf.com/index.php?id=187&type=100
Thanks for that. I've just committed an update of
to the CVS which should take care of this. (Just a small change to handle certain HTML tags.)
Later on I might be better off looking for something that strips out HTML and does sensible things around formatting the result as plain text.
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