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    Rss for news feeds?

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    • S Offline
      slickric
      last edited by

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

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      • strawberry 3.141S Offline
        strawberry 3.141 Project Sponsor Module Developer @deadherring
        last edited by

        @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

        Please create a github issue if you need help, so I can keep track

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          deadherring
          last edited by

          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

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          • bheplerB Offline
            bhepler Module Developer @deadherring
            last edited by bhepler

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            • bheplerB Offline
              bhepler Module Developer
              last edited by

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

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              • strawberry 3.141S Offline
                strawberry 3.141 Project Sponsor Module Developer @deadherring
                last edited by

                @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

                Please create a github issue if you need help, so I can keep track

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                  deadherring
                  last edited by

                  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

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                  • KirAsh4K Offline
                    KirAsh4 Moderator @deadherring
                    last edited by

                    @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.

                    A Life? Cool! Where can I download one of those from?

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                    • bheplerB Offline
                      bhepler Module Developer @deadherring
                      last edited by 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.

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                        deadherring
                        last edited by

                        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

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