Joel G. :blobcatderpy:

4 months ago •

Joel G. :blobcatderpy:
4 months ago •

A #tutorial on #Newsboat queries and #FreshRSS web scraping to enhance my #RSS experience, due to @thelinuxcast getting me into a rabbithole of new and old channels to check out. Day 30 of #100DaysToOffload

https://joelchrono12.xyz/blog/newsboat-queries-and-freshrss-scraping/

Newsboat queries and FreshRSS web scraping

I have talked about RSS a lot, my favorite client on my desktop is Newsboat, and queries are a feature I did not know existed until now, and I can not believe how I lived without them.

^{joelchrono12.xyz}

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Adam

4 months ago •

Argh, your not helping me 😄. I really need to get FreshRSS setup, I've wanted it for ages. Now your like teasing me 😄.

Joel G. :blobcatderpy:

4 months ago •

@adamsdesk Well, there are a couple of free instances available actually. I found this one

https://rss.zdx.fr/

its in french but you can change it afterwards

Connexion · FreshRSS

^rss.zdx.fr

@Adam

Adam

4 months ago •

Well thank you, but I think I will stick to my plan of having it self-hosted on my LAN. I have a dedicated PowerEdge R620 just waiting for endless fun.

Joel G. :blobcatderpy:

4 months ago •

@adamsdesk You better get it up and running then!

@Adam

Adam

4 months ago •

I know I know, just so much going on. You know how it goes. One spends more time working on other people's systems then your own 😏. I'm slow picking away at getting my tasks done once and for all.

Another big plus of using #Newsboat is that my feeds are actually sorted by date. When I add new posts to #FreshRSS, the web ui decides to put all the posts to the top of the feed, so I end up having to scroll quite a bunch

#FreshRSS #newsboat

www-gem

4 months ago •

"today I learned about Newsboat queries, and its an absolute game changer for me" That's because you're not an avid reader of my blog 😀 Self promotion aside, newsboat has so much to offer! It's one of those tools that hide huge power behind simplicity and humility. There're a bunch of tools that are not relying on their appearance and would deserve more recognition.

Joel G. :blobcatderpy:

4 months ago •

@wwwgem I recall you having a different URL I was following. If you didn't change it so often

@www-gem

www-gem

4 months ago •

I changed it only once. I moved from gemini to the "regular" web. It was too much for me to take care of the technical aspects of things in addition to writing the posts but then I discovered https://github.com/HermanMartinus/bearblog
So I'm back online... for now.