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# Work in Progress
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This bot is still a work in progress. Albeit this bot works well in most cases, it is not yet ready for production. We are working to make this bot better.
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# Syndication bot for XMPP
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## Slixfeed
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Slixfeed is a news aggregator bot for the XMPP communication network which aims to be easy to use and fully-featured. It provides a convenient access to Blog and News sites.
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## XMPP
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XMPP is the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol, a set of open technologies for instant messaging, presence, multi-party chat, voice and video calls, collaboration, lightweight middleware, content syndication, and generalized routing of XML data.
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Visit [XMPP](https://xmpp.org/) for more information [about](https://xmpp.org/about/) the XMPP protocol and check the [list](https://xmpp.org/software/) of XMPP clients.
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Slixfeed is primarily designed for XMPP (aka Jabber), yet it is built to be extended to other protocols.
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## Features
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- **Visual interface** - Interactive interface for XMPP using Ad-Hoc Commands,
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- **Ease** - Slixfeed automatically scans (i.e. crawls) for syndication feeds of given URL.
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- **Export** - Download articles as ePUB, HTML, Markdown and PDF.
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- **Filtering** - Filter news items using lists of allow and deny.
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- **Multimedia** - Display audios pictures and videos inline.
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- **Privacy** - Redirect to alternative back-ends, such as Invidious, Librarian, Nitter, for increased privacy, productivity and security.
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- **Portable** - Export and import feeds with a standard OPML file.
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- **Simultaneous** - Slixfeed is designed to handle multiple contacts, including groupchats, Simultaneously.
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## Preview
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### monocles chat
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<img alt="Chat: Add URL" src="slixfeed/documentation/screenshots/chat_add_url.png" width="200px"/>
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<img alt="Ad-Hoc: Commands" src="slixfeed/documentation/screenshots/adhoc_commands.png" width="200px"/>
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<!--   -->
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### Cheogram
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<img alt="Ad-Hoc: Add URL" src="slixfeed/documentation/screenshots/adhoc_add_url.png" width="200px"/>
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<img alt="Ad-Hoc: Settings" width="200px" src="slixfeed/documentation/screenshots/adhoc_settings.png"/>
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<!--    -->
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## Getting Started
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### Install
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It is possible to install Slixfeed using pip and pipx.
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#### pip inside venv
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```
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$ python3 -m venv .venv
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$ source .venv/bin/activate
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$ pip install git+https://gitgud.io/sjehuda/slixfeed
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```
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#### pipx
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##### Install
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```
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$ pipx install git+https://gitgud.io/sjehuda/slixfeed
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```
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##### Update
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```
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$ pipx uninstall slixfeed
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$ pipx install git+https://gitgud.io/sjehuda/slixfeed
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```
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### Start
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```
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$ slixfeed
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```
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### Usage
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- Add the bot to contact list and follow it instructions.
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- Send command `help` or `commands` for a list of commands.
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## Recommended Clients
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Slixfeed works with any XMPP chat client; if you want to make use of the visual interface Slixfeed has to offer (i.e. Ad-Hoc Commands), then you are advised to use [Cheogram](https://cheogram.com), [Converse](https://conversejs.org), [Gajim](https://gajim.org), [monocles chat](https://monocles.chat), [Movim](https://mov.im), [Poezio](https://poez.io), [Psi](https://psi-im.org) or [Psi+](https://psi-plus.com).
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### Support
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Please join our support groupchats whether you want help, discuss new features or just greet us.
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- [Main Groupchat](xmpp:slixfeed@chat.woodpeckersnest.space?join) (International)
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- [Deutsche Chat Gruppe](xmpp:slixfeed@conference.miharu.dedyn.io?join) (German)
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## Authors
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- [Schimon](xmpp:sch@pimux.de?message) (Author).
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- [Laura](xmpp:lauranna@404.city?message) (Co-Author, Instructor and Mentor).
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## Contributors
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- Mr. [Stephen Paul Weber](https://singpolyma.net/) from [Sopranica](https://soprani.ca/) who has provided code for Data Forms to be used as visual interface for Ad-Hoc Commands, and who has taught me about Data Forms.
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## Thanks
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- Mr. Guus der Kinderen from [Ignite Realtime](https://igniterealtime.org/) who has provided [Openfire](https://igniterealtime.org/projects/openfire/) servers at [GoodBytes](http://goodbytes.nl/)
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- Mr. [Simone "roughnecks" Canaletti](https://woodpeckersnest.space/) who has provided a [Movim](https://join.movim.eu/) instance.
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## Acknowledgment
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Special thank you to Mrs. Lapina who instructed me during months to complete this, in addition to significant code fixes.
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Laura, I thank you greatly for your encouragement, time and help. This software would not have existed without you.
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May this software be a life changing factor to people the world over.
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## License
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MIT license.
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## Copyright
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- Schimon Zackary 2022 - 2024
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- Laura Lapina 2022 - 2023
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## Similar Projects
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Please visit our friends who offer different approach to convey syndication feeds to XMPP.
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* [AtomToPubsub](https://github.com/imattau/atomtopubsub)
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Syndication feeds as XMPP Pubsub Nodes.
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* [err-rssreader](https://github.com/errbotters/err-rssreader)
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A port of old Brutal's RSS Reader for Errbot.
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* [feed-to-muc](https://salsa.debian.org/mdosch/feed-to-muc)
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An XMPP bot which posts to a MUC (groupchat) if there is an update in newsfeeds.
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* [Jabber RSS Transport](https://jabberworld.info/Jabber_RSS_Transport)
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Syndication feeds as contacts.
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* [JabRSS](https://dev.cmeerw.org/Projects/jabrss) by Christof
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A simple syndication headline notification service for Jabber/XMPP.
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* [JabRSS](http://www.jotwewe.de/de/xmpp/jabrss/jabrss_en.htm) by Jens W. Wulf
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Never miss a headline again! JabRSS is a simple syndication headline notification service for Jabber.
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* [Morbot](https://codeberg.org/TheCoffeMaker/Morbot)
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Morbo is a simple Slixmpp bot that will take new articles from listed syndication feeds and send them to assigned XMPP MUCs (groupchats).
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* [XMPP Bot](https://github.com/nioc/xmpp-bot)
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An XMPP bot for making the link between XMPP conversations and webhooks.
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