Add option to filter complete articles.

README.md

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ If the flag `-config` is not used the configuration is expected at
 "NoExcerpt":     false,
 "Quiet":         false,
 "Filter":        [ "submitted by", "[link]" ],
+"FilterMessage": [ "Block me!", "Block me too!" ],
 "Feeds":         [ "https://www.debian.org/News/news",
                  "https://www.debian.org/security/dsa-long",
                  "https://www.reddit.com/r/FDroidUpdates/new.rss" ]
@@ -62,7 +63,8 @@ posted. `RefreshTime` defines the intervall for checking the feeds
 in seconds.
 
 With `Filter` you can specify strings for filtering out lines
-beginning with those strings.
+beginning with those strings, with `FilterMessage` you can filter
+out complete postings containing the string.
 
 `Contact` is for providing contact information about who is running
 the bot.

getArticles.go

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // Get new articles for specified feed.
-func getArticles(feedURL string, max int, noExcerpt bool, filter []string) (string, error) {
+func getArticles(feedURL string, max int, noExcerpt bool, filter []string, filterMessage []string) (string, error) {
 
 	type feedCache struct {
 		LastChange string
@@ -203,6 +203,18 @@ func getArticles(feedURL string, max int, noExcerpt bool, filter []string) (stri
 		// Only send title and link if option noExcerpt is set,
 		// otherwise add the description.
 		if noExcerpt {
+			// Stop processing the title if it contains the string
+			// configured in FilterMessage
+			filterStrike := false
+			for _, filterString := range filterMessage {
+				if strings.Contains(feed.Title, filterString) {
+					filterStrike = true
+				}
+			}
+			if filterStrike {
+				continue
+			}
+
 			output = output + feed.Title + ": *" + article.Title + "*\n" +
 				cleanURL
 		} else {
@@ -224,6 +236,18 @@ func getArticles(feedURL string, max int, noExcerpt bool, filter []string) (stri
 				}
 			}
 
+			// Stop processing the article if it contains the string
+			// configured in FilterMessage
+			filterStrike := false
+			for _, filterString := range filterMessage {
+				if strings.Contains(description, filterString) {
+					filterStrike = true
+				}
+			}
+			if filterStrike {
+				continue
+			}
+
 			// Remove lines only consisting of "> "; thank you reddit.
 			description = strings.Replace(description, "> \n", "", -1)
 

main.go

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ type configuration struct {
 	Quiet         bool
 	Contact       string
 	Filter        []string
+	FilterMessage []string
 	Feeds         []string
 }
 
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ func main() {
 		// Check all configured feeds for new articles and send
 		// new articles to configured MUC.
 		for i := 0; i < len(config.Feeds); i++ {
-			output, err := getArticles(config.Feeds[i], config.MaxArticles, config.NoExcerpt, config.Filter)
+			output, err := getArticles(config.Feeds[i], config.MaxArticles, config.NoExcerpt, config.Filter, config.FilterMessage)
 			if err != nil {
 				// Exit if an error occurs checking the feeds.
 				log.Fatal("Error: Can't check feeds for new articles: ", err)