Added config option to post only the article link without excerpt.

README.md

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ If the flag `-config` is not used the configuration is expected at
 "Muc":           "muc-to-feed@conference.example.com",
 "MucNick":       "feedbot",
 "MaxArticles":    5,
+"NoExcerpt":      false,
 "Feeds":         [ "https://www.debian.org/News/news",
                  "https://www.debian.org/security/dsa-long" ]
 }

config.json.example

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 "Muc":           "muc-to-feed@conference.example.com",
 "MucNick":       "feedbot",
 "MaxArticles":    5,
+"NoExcerpt":     false,
 "Feeds":         [ "https://www.debian.org/News/news", 
                  "https://www.debian.org/security/dsa-long" ]
 }

feed-to-muc.go

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ func main() {
 		Muc           string
 		MucNick       string
 		MaxArticles   int
+		NoExcerpt     bool
 		Feeds         []string
 	}
 
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ 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)
+			output, err := getArticles(config.Feeds[i], config.MaxArticles, config.NoExcerpt)
 			if err != nil {
 				// Exit if an error occurs checking the feeds.
 				log.Fatal(err)

getarticles.go

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // Get new articles for specified feed.
-func getArticles(feedURL string, max int) (string, error) {
+func getArticles(feedURL string, max int, noExcerpt bool) (string, error) {
 
 	type feedCache struct {
 		LastChange string
@@ -194,6 +194,12 @@ func getArticles(feedURL string, max int) (string, error) {
 		// Remove redirects and tracking parameters from URL.
 		cleanURL, _ := removeTracking(article.Link)
 
+		// Only send title and link if option noExcerpt is set,
+		// otherwise add the description.
+		if noExcerpt == true {
+			output = output + feed.Title + ": *" + article.Title + "*\n" +
+				cleanURL
+		} else {
 			// Strip HTML as we want to get plain text.
 			description, err := html2text.FromString(article.Description)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -208,6 +214,7 @@ func getArticles(feedURL string, max int) (string, error) {
 			} else {
 				output = output + feed.Title + ": *" + article.Title + "*\n\n" + description + "\n" + cleanURL
 			}
+		}
 
 		if i > 0 {
 			output = output + "\n\n---\n\n"