gator

A multi-user command line tool for aggregating RSS feeds and viewing the posts.

Installation

Make sure you have the latest Go toolchain installed as well as a local PostgreSQL database. You can then install gator with:

go install github.com/katsuikeda/gator@latest

Configuration

Create a configuration file .gatorconfig.json in your home directory with the following structure:

{
    "db_url": "postgres://username:@localhost:5432/database?sslmode=disable"
}

Replace the values with your database connection string.

Usage

Run the gator command-line tool with the following commands:

• Create a new user:

gator register <username>

• Add and follow a new RSS feed:

gator addfeed <feed_url>

• Start the aggregator:

gator agg 30s

• View aggregated feed posts

gator browse [limit]

There are a few other commands you'll need as well:

• gator login <name> - Log in as a user that already exists
• gator users - List all users
• gator feeds - List all feeds
• gator follow <url> - Follow a feed that already exists in the database
• gator unfollow <url> - Unfollow a feed that already exists in the database