[nodebb-plugin-rss] RSS Feed plugin

phenomlab

@antosik The actual RSS feed content is no longer included in the post body since 1.3.3 onwards. I believe this route was taken to prevent database bloat from what would land up being hundreds of records from external RSS feeds.

https://community.nodebb.org/topic/396/nodebb-plugin-rss-rss-feed-plugin/175?_=1630255075551

volanar

@phenomlab Any new post and comment is a bloat of the database. This is the meaning of the forum, more useful content. 30 years ago, this was relevant, but not now. But if someone wants to save on disk space, it is better to use postgres

phenomlab

@volanar then if you need that functionality your should use version 1.3.2

volanar

@phenomlab 1. This version is outdated and not supported.
2. The question was, why spoil the plugin, if you can make an additional setting to disable or enable content extraction.
If this is a key function for any community, then developers will have to independently support the fork of the plugin or switch to a more loyal discourse

phenomlab

@volanar I understand. I took the other route and used a custom script I wrote that does this independently of NodeBB but uses the API to create the posts.

volanar

@phenomlab I have a wordpress site that is closed from search bots, which automatically extracts content from some sites and translates the content. I wanted to use this plugin to fill the forum with news from my site, but I see that this will not work. Now I'm also thinking of using a third-party script or switching to discourse before it's too late

phenomlab

@baris is this plugin compatible with v3? If not, I can use my own script and leverage the API

phenomlab

@volanar I know it's been a while, but I'm keen to understand what route you took to address the above issue? I have a working script that does the same thing, but uses the NodeBB API to post if this is an open item for you.

it'll be featured on hostrisk.com once v3 (NodeBB + Harmony) is ready for general release.

BrotherGlaucon

@phenomlab, @baris I am also wondering if the plugin is compatible with v3?

I am new here, and so am not quite sure what I am doing yet. That said, I tried to install this plugin using the Ubuntu ./nodebb command:

./nodebb install nodebb-plugin-rss

It gave an error and advised against installing the plugin with NodeBB v3.1.4. A plugin for dummy data seems like it would be really helpful. Lots are doing it with ChatGPT now.

...Thanks for the wonderful piece of software.

<baris>

@phenomlab, @BrotherGlaucon & @crazycells this plugin is updated for 3.2.x and up, latest version 4.0.0