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Re: RSS Box – RSS for websites that do not support RSS

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Post by qznc »

identity0 wrote: post #36
qznc wrote: post #25

Off topic but since we are talking about RSS feeds: Is there a web service to replay feeds? Use case are old blog archive one wants to (re-) read sequentially from the start but not in binge mode. So maybe one post per day or week. I'm thinking about the old posts of Aaron Swartz or Steve Yegge. Just adding the feed to a feed reader is often not sufficient because the feed only contains the last 20 entries or so.

Well if the feed doesn’t contain older entries, it’s impossible without something like the Wayback machine (and I doubt they store rss feeds)

Some feeds are just paginated. Following "next" links would work. Feeds readers don't do this though as they assume people are usually interested in the new posts.

Re: RSS Box – RSS for websites that do not support RSS

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Post by heavyset_go »

There's an open source service that does something similar, does anyone remember its name?

edit: Both rssbox in the OP, and RSS-bridge[1] are open source. I was thinking of the latter. There's also RSSHub[2].

[1] https://github.com/RSS-Bridge/rss-bridge

[2] https://github.com/DIYgod/RSSHub

Re: RSS Box – RSS for websites that do not support RSS

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Post by harias »

gravitas wrote: post #16

The service https://feed43.com will enable you you to build a RSS feed out of pretty much anything with a URL. I use it to build RSS out of sha256 release files, vendor client download release pages, changelogs, etc.

Similar service: https://politepol.com/en/

Re: RSS Box – RSS for websites that do not support RSS

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Post by input_sh »

carapace wrote: post #29

Related (maybe) but tangential, does anyone know of a good web to text converter? Back in the day you used to just use Lynx, is that still the way or has it been surpassed?

I personally use postlight/mercury-parser[0] to convert articles to Markdown files, a small script to add extracted metadata (like author, featured image, original link, date it was scraped) to the top of a Markdown file, and put those Markdown files within Hugo for a DYI Pocket alternative.

You can use the --format flag to pick between Markdown/text/HTML output, so it should serve your purpose.

If anyone here has looked for a reader view on Chrome, odds are you've probably stumbled upon Mercury Reader[1]. This is what powers it.

[0] https://github.com/postlight/mercury-parser/

[1] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/mercury-reader/okn...

Re: RSS Box – RSS for websites that do not support RSS

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Post by heavyset_go »

cascader wrote: post #48
pmoriarty wrote: post #41

My own problem with services like this is that I don't want to tell their owners what blogs I read. It's a privacy concern. I'd feel much more comfortable using a standalone tool that I could run on my own laptop (ideally one that didn't require running a web server or even a web browser).

I wanted to check out the service in the OP’s post, and realized I didn’t have an iOS based RSS reader app on my tablet. In line with your privacy concerns, I wanted an app that didn’t require creating an account. I couldn’t find one in the first several I loaded. Any tips?

Is it normal in iOS-land to need to register to use apps?
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