Rss for news feeds?

[deadherring]

Hey all,

I’m trying to understand the RSS feeds that will and wont work in the news feed. Here’s one that I got working:

title: “ESPN”,
url: “http://www.espn.com/espn/rss/news”

and here are several that do not work (I get the no config file message when I start MM):

{
title: “Reuters”,
url: “http://feeds.reuters.com/reuters/topNews”
},
{
title: "Reuters Sports",
url: “http://feeds.reuters.com/reuters/sportsNews”

Google News
url: “https://news.google.com/output=rss”

Can someone help me understand which feeds will and will not work? Also, what is the limit on the number of news feeds I can configure?

Thanks,

Nathan

[deadherring]

Some more that don’t work:
title: “Yahoo News”,
url: “http://news.yahoo.com/rss”

title: "Yahoo MLB",
url: “http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/rss.xml”

[slickric]

ABC news works. “http://abc.net.au/news/feed/51120/rss.xml”

[strawberry 3.141]

@deadherring can you post your config.js part of the newsfeed section completely, I get the no config file message when I start MM this is probably to a syntax error and there shouldn’t be a limit of newsfedd that can be added

[deadherring]

Here’s whats configured that currently IS working:

{
module: ‘newsfeed’,
position: ‘bottom_bar’,
config: {
feeds: [
{
title: “New York Times”,
url: “http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml”
},
{
title: “CNN”,
url: “http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_topstories.rss”
},

title: “Jerusalem Post”
url: “http://www.jpost.com/Rss/RssFeedsFrontPage.aspx”
},

{
title: “ESPN”,
url: “http://www.espn.com/espn/rss/news”
},
{
title: “Israel National News”,
url: “http://www.israelnationalnews.com/RSS.aspx”
},

			],
			showSourceTitle: true,
			showPublishDate: true
		}
	},

]

};

Here’s what I tried to get working:

{
module: ‘newsfeed’,
position: ‘bottom_bar’,
config: {
feeds: [
{
title: “New York Times”,
url: “http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml”
},
{
title: “CNN”,
url: “http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_topstories.rss”
},

{
title: “Yahoo News”,
url: “http://news.yahoo.com/rss”
},
{
title: “ESPN”,
url: “http://www.espn.com/espn/rss/news”
},

{
title: “ESPN Baseball”,
url: “http://www.espn.com/espn/rss/mlb/news”
},

{
title: “Israel National News”,
url: “http://israelnationalnews.com/RSS.aspx”
},
{
title: “Ynet Breaking News”,
url: “http://www.ynet.co.il/Integration/StoryRss3254.xml”
},
{
title: “Reuters”,
url: “http://feeds.reuters.com/reuters/topNews”
},

{
title: “Reuters Sports”,
url: “http://feeds.reuters.com/reuters/sportsNews”
},

{
title: “Google News”,
url: “https://news.google.com/output=rss”
},

			],
			showSourceTitle: true,
			showPublishDate: true
		}
	},

]

};

Note, that I also tried to enter each one of the above feeds individually in the config file and restarted MM and got the no config file message for each. The only feeds I could get working are the ones in the working section I described above.

I feel like there must be something I am missing? Does the version of MM I am using matter? I’m not sure the command to tell which version I have, I searched the forum but couldn’t find anything.

Thanks,

Nathan

[bhepler]

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[bhepler]

Try this for a Google news url: https://news.google.com/news?cf=all&hl=en&pz=1&ned=us&output=rss

[strawberry 3.141]

@deadherring you must have just used the wrong syntax i tested a couple and they all worked for me, make sure you only use one of those two quotes ' or " another will lead to wrong syntax

https://imgur.com/a/cQ0lN

[deadherring]

Hey guys,

Thanks a lot for the responses. Here’s what I think might be happening:

The first three I configured that I got working

title: “ESPN”,
url: “http://www.espn.com/espn/rss/news”

and one from CNN, I configured on the pi itself, modifying the config file with a mouse and keyboard on the pi. The rest that I shared that weren’t working, modified the config file on my mac via text edit and then ftp’d the file up to the pi. I suspect that the mac might be saving the file in a way the pi does not like, or, as was suggested, inputting the " s in a way the pi does not like. At least, that’s my theory right now, I need to test when I get home.

This is the procedure I am following to edit config.js on my mac:

1. Two-fingered click on config.js. Open with Text Edit
2. Modify the file
3. Save as: config.js. I leave the default plain text encoding (UTF-8)

Is that the right procedure? My MM is installed in the wall in my bathroom and it would be a huge pain to have to connect a mouse and keyboard to it every time I want to modify anything. I suppose I can ssh into it and modify the config file via nano too. I don’t know if that solves the problem, I have to try later.

Thanks again,

Nathan

[KirAsh4]

@deadherring said in Rss for news feeds?:

My MM is installed in the wall in my bathroom and it would be a huge pain to have to connect a mouse and keyboard to it every time I want to modify anything. I suppose I can ssh into it and modify the config file via nano too. I don’t know if that solves the problem, I have to try later.

Either use SSH to get on the rpi, or, if you must, get a wireless mouse/keyboard combo. Those things are cheap on eBay.

[bhepler]

@deadherring said in Rss for news feeds?:

and one from CNN, I configured on the pi itself, modifying the config file with a mouse and keyboard on the pi. The rest that I shared that weren’t working, modified the config file on my mac via text edit and then ftp’d the file up to the pi. I suspect that the mac might be saving the file in a way the pi does not like, or, as was suggested, inputting the " s in a way the pi does not like. At least, that’s my theory right now, I need to test when I get home.

I think you may be on to something here. Looking back at your complete list of feeds, this is what showed up from your copy & paste:

},

title: “Jerusalem Post”
url: “http://www.jpost.com/Rss/RssFeedsFrontPage.aspx”
},

Now I don’t know about your Mac, but from here that looks like some unicode characters where there should be UTF-8. The quotes around Jerusalem Post and the URL value are jacked up. I think you’re better off SSH into the Pi and using nano to edit the config.js file.

[deadherring]

Hi,

I got this working, the problem was indeed something with the formatting by editing as a text file on my mac. By sshing into the box and modifying the config file directly on the pi I got it working.

One question I still have: is there any way to tell the box to drop headlines after 2 days or so? I’m seeing headlines that are 5, 6, 7, 8 days old cycle through and they are no longer news. I’m seeing some new headlines make their way in but the majority are old. I want to have the MM drop headlines when they are stale, say after 2 days time.

I see there is a updateInterval tag but I believe that refers to the frequency it checks for new headlines, not when it drops old headlines off. Anyone else having the same issue?

Thanks,

Nathan

[safaaelbrans]

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