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
@@ -194,19 +194,26 @@ func getArticles(feedURL string, max int) (string, error) {
 		// Remove redirects and tracking parameters from URL.
 		cleanURL, _ := removeTracking(article.Link)
 
-		// Strip HTML as we want to get plain text.
+		// Only send title and link if option noExcerpt is set,
-		description, err := html2text.FromString(article.Description)
+		// otherwise add the description.
-		if err != nil {
+		if noExcerpt == true {
-			return "", err
+			output = output + feed.Title + ": *" + article.Title + "*\n" +
-		}
+				cleanURL
-
-		// Only append article link if it is not yet contained in description (e.g. read more: URL).
-		if strings.Contains(description, article.Link) == true {
-			// Replace article link with URL cleaned from redirects and trackers.
-			description = strings.Replace(description, article.Link, cleanURL, -1)
-			output = output + feed.Title + ": *" + article.Title + "*\n\n" + description
 		} else {
-			output = output + feed.Title + ": *" + article.Title + "*\n\n" + description + "\n" + cleanURL
+			// Strip HTML as we want to get plain text.
+			description, err := html2text.FromString(article.Description)
+			if err != nil {
+				return "", err
+			}
+
+			// Only append article link if it is not yet contained in description (e.g. read more: URL).
+			if strings.Contains(description, article.Link) == true {
+				// Replace article link with URL cleaned from redirects and trackers.
+				description = strings.Replace(description, article.Link, cleanURL, -1)
+				output = output + feed.Title + ": *" + article.Title + "*\n\n" + description
+			} else {
+				output = output + feed.Title + ": *" + article.Title + "*\n\n" + description + "\n" + cleanURL
+			}
 		}
 
 		if i > 0 {