FeedFromHtml

Server application that scrapes online web pages and serves them as RSS feeds.

These are very early releases, so only the bare minimum works.

Installation

No installation package is provided. Build and deploy at will.

Requirements

• .NET 8.0:
  • .NET Runtime;
  • ASP.NET Core Runtime.

Development / Build

Developed on Intel macOS 12 (Monterey), using Visual Studio Code:

• Framework:
  • .NET 8.0 SDK.
• Extensions:
  • .NET Install Tool (ms-dotnettools.vscode-dotnet-runtime);
  • C# (ms-dotnettools.csharp);
  • C# Dev Kit (ms-dotnettools.csdevkit);
  • IntelliCode for c# Dev Kit (ms-dotnettools.vscodeintellicode-csharp).
• Dependencies:
  • HtmlAgilityPack.

Tested on Linux via Azure App Service.

To Do

• Config from database;
• Scheduled refresh to database;
• Serve from database;
• In-memory and HTTP caching;
• Follow links and enrich items (date/time, content/media, etc.);
• Full-featured frontend.

License

Published under The MIT License.

Changelog

v2 (2023-12-06)

Features:
- RSS: Added rel=self for improved compatibility
- Frontend: Minimal initial version with feed directory
- Frontend: Available feeds advertised as meta tags

v1 (2023-12-02)

Features:
- RSS: Initial version.