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.. title: Slixfeed News Bot
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.. slug: 2024-05-23-slixfeed-news-bot
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.. date: 2024-05-23 16:27:48 UTC
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.. tags: atom, bot, chat, feed, feedparser, jabber, news, python, rdf, rss, slixfeed, slixmpp, syndication, xmpp
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.. category: news
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.. link: 2024-05-23-slixfeed-news-bot
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.. description: Slixfeed is a news aggregation 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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.. type: text
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Greetings to one and all and welcome to the official news resource of Slixfeed!
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I am delighted to make this initial public announcement of Slixfeed.
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`Slixfeed <https://gitgud.io/sjehuda/slixfeed>`_ is a news aggregation software which currently functions only as a chat bot and is primarily intended for the XMPP network.
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Slixfeed is still in testing phases and is not yet ready for production, albeit it performs well.
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Slixfeed has not yet been audited for security!
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Design
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Slixfeed utilizes `Slixmpp <https://slixmpp.readthedocs.io/>`_ to communicate with the XMPP network, and `feedparser <https://feedparser.readthedocs.io/>`_ to parse syndication feeds.
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The fashion by which Slixfeed is designed is to serve multiple people at the same time.
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The purpose of Slixfeed is to be able to simultaneously serve hundreds and even thousands of people from a single instance, which would make anyone a news publisher, if one so desires.
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Features
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Some features are exclusive to XMPP [#exclusive]_.
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#. Communicate with chats and groupchats;
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#. Display audio, picture and video attachments inline;
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#. Export and import feeds using standard OPML file;
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#. Filter news items by "allow" and "deny" rules;
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#. Publish items to PubSub nodes [#atom-over-xmpp]_;
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#. Redirect to proxy back-ends [#proxies]_;
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#. Rich and interactive visual interface using Ad-Hoc Commands;
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#. Scan automatically for syndication feeds of given URL;
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#. Schedule update cycle and send updates upon availability [#availability]_.
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Interfaces
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Slixfeed offers a couple of interfaces.
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The premier interface is the chat, from which commands are sent and news are received.
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The additional interface which makes use of `Data Forms <https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0004.html>`_ and `Ad-Hoc Commands <https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0050.html>`_ offers a visual interface to control and interact with Slixfeed.
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The visual interface is currently best accessible with `Cheogram <https://cheogram.com/>`_ and `monocles chat <https://monocles.chat/>`_; both are available free of charge on the `F-Droid <https://f-droid.org/>`_ software repository.
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Other XMPP clients which support the visual interface are `Converse <https://conversejs.org/>`_, `Gajim <https://gajim.org/>`_, `Movim <https://movim.eu/>`_, `Poezio <https://poez.io/>`_, `Profanity <https://profanity-im.github.io/>`_, `Psi <https://psi-im.org/>`_ and `Psi+ <https://psi-plus.com/>`_.
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Preview
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Screenshots of Cheogram and monocles chat interacting with Slixfeed [#divested]_.
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.. image:: ../../images/chat_add_url.png
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:target: ../../images/chat_add_url.png
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:height: 234px
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:width: 108px
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:alt: monocles chat: Chat Interface
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:loading: lazy
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.. image:: ../../images/adhoc_commands.png
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:target: ../../images/adhoc_commands.png
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:height: 234px
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:width: 108px
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:alt: monocles chat: Rich Interface
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:loading: lazy
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.. image:: ../../images/adhoc_settings.png
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:target: ../../images/adhoc_settings.png
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:height: 234px
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:width: 108px
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:alt: Cheogram: Settings Form
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:loading: lazy
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.. image:: ../../images/adhoc_add_url.png
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:target: ../../images/adhoc_add_url.png
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:height: 234px
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:width: 108px
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:alt: Cheogram: Subscription Form
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:loading: lazy
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Both, Ad-Hoc Command and Chat, interfaces are included.
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Resources
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- For help, and support questions, please join our `groupchat <xmpp:slixfeed@chat.woodpeckersnest.space?join>`_.
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- Source code is available at `GitGud <https://gitgud.io/sjehuda/slixfeed>`_.
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Conclusion
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Slixfeed was made due to necessity and it has been intended to be hosted and utilized by as many people as possible.
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Slixfeed was meant to be only a chat bot which sends only text, yet communications with `edhelas <https://edhelas.movim.eu/>`_, mirux, `roughnecks <https://blog.woodpeckersnest.space/>`_, `singpolyma <https://singpolyma.net/>`_ and Thorsten have led this project to have an extensive set of features.
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The Slixfeed project was started a year and eleven months ago, and its continuation and completion thereof were feasible thanks to Laura Lapina.
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I would also want to thank to Simone "roughnecks" Canaletti for hosting the Slixfeed site, in addition to testing Slixfeed and instructing the current development of Slixfeed.
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Consequent development news will be published soon.
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I hope Slixfeed would be useful to you.
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.. line-block:: Kind regards,
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Schimon
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.. [#exclusive] Rich interface and `PubSub <https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0060.html>`_ are exclusive to XMPP.
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.. [#atom-over-xmpp] Slixfeed implements the instructions of `Pubsub Social Feed <https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0472.html>`_ of Timothée Jaussoin; for more information, read the `Atom Over XMPP <https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/66/materials/slides-66-atompub-1.pdf>`_ directive from Peter Saint-Andre.
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.. [#proxies] The selection of proxy back-ends can be extended from ``proxies.toml``, and is not limited to Invidious, Librarian, Nitter, ProxiTok, and Quetre.
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.. [#availability] As long as your status is not Available (i.e. Away, Busy, DND or Offline), the bot will not send updates to you.
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.. [#divested] Due to the prevalent tendency of corporations, using their operating systems, to sabotage free and open platforms, it is definitely and distinctly recommended to install `DivestOS <https://divestos.org/>`_ as your mobile phone operating system for an uninterruptable, secure and ideal mobile experience.
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