rssToJson
Converts RSS feeds to JSON (suitable for rendering with e.g. the RSS widget type in AngularJS-portal).
Intended for deployment as a “microservice”.
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Configuration
In endpoint.properties
declare key-value pairs
where the key is an arbitrary String identifying the feed
and the value is the URL of the associated RSS feed.
Usage
/{webapp-name}/rssTransform/prop/{key}
as in
<portlet-definition>
<portlet-preference>
<name>widgetType</name>
<value>rss</value>
</portlet-preference>
<portlet-preference>
<name>widgetURL</name>
<value>/rss-to-json/rssTransform/prop/campus-news</value>
</portlet-preference>
<portlet-preference>
<name>widgetConfig</name>
<value><![CDATA[{ "lim" : 4 }]]></value>
</portlet-preference>
<portlet-preference>
<name>content</name>
<readOnly>false</readOnly>
<value><![CDATA[
<p>
<a href="http://xkcd.com/"
target="_blank"
rel="noopener noreferrer">XKCD</a>
</p>.]]>
</value>
</portlet-preference>
</portlet-definition>
returns something like
{
"status":"ok",
"feed":{
"title":"Campus news – News",
"link":"http://news.wisc.edu",
"description":""},
"items":[
{"item":{
"title":"Students make finals of ‘Team Ninja Warrior’",
"link":"http://www.jsonline.com/story/life/green-sheet/2016/12/18/hartland-native-uw-madison-students-compete-team-ninja-warrior/95516194/",
"description":"Three UW students – \"Science Ninja\" Zach Kemmerer, pole vaulter Taylor Amann and \"R.A. Ninja\" Andrew Philibeck – made it to the finals of \"Team Ninja Warrior College Madness,\" airing Dec. 20."}
},
{"item":{
"title":"Astronaut Lovell tells grads: ‘We are all the crew of spaceship Earth’",
"link":"http://news.wisc.edu/astronaut-lovell-tells-grads-we-are-all-the-crew-of-spaceship-earth/",
"description":"More than 1,000 students celebrated winter commencement Sunday at the Kohl Center. Astronaut James Lovell delivered the charge to the graduates."}
},
{"item":{
"title":"Astronaut James Lovell’s commencement speech",
"link":"http://news.wisc.edu/astronaut-james-lovells-commencement-speech/",
"description":"Read the complete text of Capt. James A. Lovell's commencement address to 2016 winter graduates."}
}
]
}