Newspaper

System for parsing RSS newsfeeds / blogs and collating them into a file format for offline reading

Usage

Create a JSON file in the following format:

{ "Name" : "", -- The name of the newspaper "MainImage" : "", -- Path to an image to use as a letterhead "Frequency" : "D.DD:HH:mm:SS", -- Timespan for how frequent the letter runs (how far back to pull articles) "RenderImages" : false/true, -- Whether images found in articles should be rendered in the PDF "Categories" : [ -- Array of categorised sources { "Name" : "", -- The title of the category "Sources" : [ -- Array of article sources { "Name" : "", -- The title of the source "Url" : "", -- The Url of the RSS feed "IncludeTables" : false/true, -- Whether tables found in the article should be rendered in the PDF "IncludeImages" : false/true, -- Whether images found in the article should be rendered in the PDF "Timeout" : 30000, -- The timeout for getting the RSS feed information "Includes" : [ -- List of strings. Represents the RSS categories to only include (articles will be ignored if a category is not listed) ], "Excludes" : [ -- List of strings. Represents the RSS categories to only include (articles will be ignored if a category is listed) ], "ParseOrder" : [ -- Order in which to prioritise RSS feed content 0, -- Content node 1, -- Link node 2, -- Description node ], "ContentNode" : { -- Used for stripping down content when retrieving it from a link / html page "NodeType:" "", -- The type of html node to extract content from "PropertyName": "", -- The name of the property used to filter the node "PropertyValue": "", -- The value assigned to the property, used to filter the node } } ] } ] }