Eggdrop RSS Syndication (rss-synd) v0.5b1

kenh83 · Post by **kenh83** » Sat Jan 01, 2011 6:38 am

"Auto-Feed" not working?!

So the script doesnt seem to auto announce for me.. Here are my settings:

#
# Start of Settings
#

namespace eval ::rss-synd {
	variable rss
	variable default

	set rss(googleusa) {
		"url"		"http://news.google.com/news?pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&topic=n&output=rss"
		"database"	"googleusa.db"
		"output"	"\00312G\00304o\00308o\00312g\00309l\00304e\00307:\00312USA\00307 -\00314 @@item!title@@ \00307->\00314 \[maketiny @@item!link@@\]"
		"trigger"	"!@@feedid@@"
	}

	set rss(googleworld) {
        	"url"           "http://news.google.com/news?pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&topic=w&output=rss"
	        "database"      "googleworld.db"
        	"output"        "\00312G\00304o\00308o\00312g\00309l\00304e\00307:\00304WORLD\00307 -\00314 @@item!title@@ \00307->\00314 \[maketiny @@item!link@@\]"
	        "trigger"       "!@@feedid@@"
	}

	set rss(bbc) { 
		"url" 			"http://news.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_uk_edition/front_page/rss.xml" 
		"database" 		"bbc.db" 
		"output"        "\00311\\\[\00307@@channel!title@@@@title@@\00311\\\] -\00314 @@item!title@@ \00311->\00314 \[maketiny @@item!link@@\]"
		"trigger" 		"!@@feedid@@"
	} 
	set rss(wired) { 
		"url" 			"http://www.wired.com/news_drop/netcenter/netcenter.rdf" 
		"database" 		"wired.db" 
		"output"        "\00311\\\[\00307@@channel!title@@@@title@@\00311\\\] -\00314 @@item!title@@ \00311->\00314 \[maketiny @@item!link@@\]"
		"trigger" 		"!@@feedid@@"
	} 
	set rss(imdb) { 
		"url" 			"http://rss.imdb.com/news/" 
		"database" 		"imdb.db" 
		"output"        "\00311\\\[\00307@@channel!title@@@@title@@\00311\\\] -\00314 @@item!title@@ \00311->\00314 \[maketiny @@item!link@@\]"
		"trigger" 		"!@@feedid@@"
	} 
	set rss(ubu) {
		"url"			"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/rss.xml"
		"database"		"ubuntu.db"
        "output"        "\00311\\\[\00307@@channel!title@@@@title@@\00311\\\] -\00314 @@item!title@@ \00311->\00314 \[maketiny @@item!link@@\]"
        "trigger"       "!@@feedid@@"
	}
	set rss(deb) {
		"url"			"http://www.us.debian.org/security/dsa-long"
		"database"		"deb.db"
        "output"	 	"\00311\\\[\00307@@channel!title@@@@title@@\00311\\\] -\00314 @@item!title@@ \00311->\00314 \[maketiny @@item!link@@\]"
        "trigger"       "!@@feedid@@"
	}

	set rss(Reuters) { 
		"url"         	"http://feeds.reuters.com/reuters/topNews" 
		"database"     	"reuters.db" 
		"output" 		"\00311\\\[\00307@@channel!title@@@@title@@\00311\\\] -\00314 @@item!title@@ \00311->\00314 \[maketiny @@item!link@@\]"
		"trigger"      	"!@@feedid@@" 
	}
	
	set rss(slashdot) {
		"url"			"http://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdot"
		"database"		"slashdot.db"
        "output" 		"\00311\\\[\00307@@channel!title@@@@title@@\00311\\\] -\00314 @@item!title@@ \00311->\00314 \[maketiny @@item!link@@\]"
        "trigger"       "!@@feedid@@"
	}

	set rss(digg) {
		"url" 			"http://services.digg.com/2.0/story.getTopNews?type=rss"
		"database"		"digg.db"
		"output" 		"\00311\\\[\00307@@channel!title@@@@title@@\00311\\\] -\00314 @@item!title@@ \00311->\00314 \[maketiny @@item!link@@\]"
		"trigger"       "!@@feedid@@"
	}

	#set rss(test2) {
	#	"url"			"http://milw0rm.com/rss.php"
	#	"channels"		"#test"
	#	"database"		"./scripts/feeds/test2.db"
	#	"trigger"		"!@@feedid@@"
	#}

	# The default settings, If any setting isn't set for an individual feed
	#   it'll use the defaults listed here.
	#
	# WARNING: You can change the options here, but DO NOT REMOVE THEM, doing
	#   so will create errors.
	set default {
		"announce-output"	1
		"trigger-output"	2
		"remove-empty"		1
		"trigger-type"		0:2
		"announce-type"		0
		"max-depth"		5
		"evaluate-tcl"		1
		"update-interval"	1
		"output-order"		0
		"timeout"		60000
		"channels"		"#test"
		"trigger"		"!rss @@feedid@@"
		"output"		"\\\[\002@@channel!title@@@@title@@\002\\\] @@item!title@@ - \[maketiny @@item!link@@\]"
		"user-agent"		"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.11) Gecko/20071127 Firefox/2.0.0.11"
	}
}

Also, whats with this:

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[05:34] RSS Warning: couldn't open "bbc.db": no such file or directory.
[05:34] RSS Warning: couldn't open "wired.db": no such file or directory.
[05:34] RSS Warning: couldn't open "deb.db": no such file or directory.

I've tried just to do, 'touch filename.db' to no avail, gives out a different error saying its not a proper file:

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[05:23] RSS Error: Invalid feed database file format (googleusa.db)!

This script should be able to create these files automatically if they do not exist, I do not understand what the problem is.

Most concerning though, is that the feed is not being announced in the channel -- Some are, some aren't. Its rather annoying, to be honest.

romprod · Post by **romprod** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 3:58 pm

Ditto, I'm having exactly the same problem, the feed is hardly being auto announced and it's certainly not checking at the set interval.

kenh83 · Post by **kenh83** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 4:06 pm

http://code.google.com/p/rss-synd/ has been updated as of 5 or 6 days ago, seems a new coder, HM2K is taking over the project.

He can be found on EFNet in #HM2K .. and he's also suggested to use the "Issues" portion of the google code project to submit problems and bugs there.

I'm not sure of his activity here on this forum so that is why I've provided the google code project page.

I've started using 'his' current version, which is 0.5b7, however nothing major has changed and the problem still exists.

spithash · Post by **spithash** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 4:32 pm

kenh83 wrote:http://code.google.com/p/rss-synd/ has been updated as of 5 or 6 days ago, seems a new coder, HM2K is taking over the project.

He can be found on EFNet in #HM2K .. and he's also suggested to use the "Issues" portion of the google code project to submit problems and bugs there.

I'm not sure of his activity here on this forum so that is why I've provided the google code project page.

I've started using 'his' current version, which is 0.5b7, however nothing major has changed and the problem still exists.

Does this mean that he will start selling it?

kenh83 · Post by **kenh83** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 5:41 pm

Why would he start selling it? Just because its on google code project pages?

hm2k · Post by **hm2k** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 6:01 pm

There appears to be a little confusion so let me clear things up:

* After discussing the rss-synd project with it's original author (Andrew Scott) I have joined the project.
* I have not taken over the project, but I intend on leading it
* The script is not for sale, it will still be released under the same license
* I have yet to make any major changes
* The changes I have made are mostly cosmetic
* The current version is still beta, so you'll have to allow more time before its declared stable
* I intend on making further changes when I have a little more time in the next few weeks
* Your feedback is important, without it I would be unable to identify and confirm issues
* You can follow and submit issues here: http://code.google.com/p/rss-synd/issues/list

For the record: None of my scripts are for sale, however I do accept donations. So, if you like what I do, donate and I'll keep doing it.

romprod · Post by **romprod** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 6:31 am

Ah good OK, I was worried that I was the only one with this issue!

romprod · Post by **romprod** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 7:59 am

It seesm the script only picks up a new news article if it's the very first one in the rss feed.

http://newsrss.bbc.co.uk/rss/sportonlin ... ll/rss.xml
Has the articles randomly inserted all over the place.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/footba ... league/rss
Seems to be better but still has a few that are randomly inserted.

Does this make sense?

Fraud · Post by **Fraud** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 4:22 pm

Is it possible to add Channelmodes like +m-c to specific RSS Feed triggers?

If a user types, e.g.: !rss
the channel mode will be set, the RSS Feed will be posted and the modes will be unset.
Thanks

Post by **caesar** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 4:51 pm

I was checking the source code in version 0.4 to give you an answer and stumbled on this:

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foreach msg $msgs {
		foreach chan $targets {
			if {([catch {botonchan $chan}] == 0) || \
			    ([regexp -- {^[#&]} $chan] == 0)} {
				foreach line [split $msg "\n"] {
					if {($type == 1) || ($type == 3)} {
						putserv "NOTICE $chan :$line"
					} else {
						putserv "PRIVMSG $chan :$line"
					}
				}
			}
		}
	}

Questions to author:
1. Why do you loop so many times to check the destination?

2. You started using a namespace but then you seem to have changed your mind and call your functions on a 'static' manner. In this case, what's the point on having the namespace if you aren't fully using it?

3. I'm not very good with 'regexp' but what is that regexp -- {^[#&]} $chan] supposed to do in there? Filter the destination??

scotteh · Post by **scotteh** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 4:13 am

1) Just sends individual messages to each destination.
2) Could you give me an example?
3) Checks the first character of the destination. That whole statements makes sure for each destination that it is either a channel of some sort and the bot is joined or it's a nick. Stops the bot sending messages to channels it's not on.

Post by **caesar** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 8:51 am

1. Haven't checked how it works so, do you grab multiple RSS Feeds at a time and this way you keep track of who requested what and where?

If no, what the point with 3 loops just to figure out the destination. Why not store it in a variable with the requested RSS Feed or something?

2. A function inside a namespace can be easily called by another function inside the same namespace just like them wouldn't be inside one.

3. Why not stick with 'botonchan' then? Besides, if the '$chan' is not a valid channel it should bitch about it if I'm not mistaken.

scotteh · Post by **scotteh** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 6:05 pm

1) Yep, multiple feeds are fetched at the same time asynchronously. The feeds config is passed along to the rest of the functions.

Only one loop is and for destination and they're calculated each time because it's possible the bot has changed the channels it's on.

Probably would make more sense to move the destination loop to be the outer most loop, but it's much of a muchness.

2) You're refering to functions being called in the format of [namespace current]::function? I wouldn't call this static, it's just makes it more exact on whats being called and removes any ambiguity.

3) The regexp is used to find out if its a nickname. Taking this out would remove intended functionality.

romprod · Post by **romprod** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 6:34 am

Is it possible to fix the issue with it only reporting a new news feed when it's the first one in the RSS feed? For example it won't announce a new news article if it's been inserted further down into the RSS feed.

Kraziee · Post by **Kraziee** » Tue Jan 18, 2011 1:03 pm

Hello!
awesome script!
but it dosent auto announce, or it does but 5-10 hours to late:/

“update-interval” 2
“timeout” 60000