feed2exec_discord_output

Just a feed2exec plugin hacked together to send Reddit RSS to a discord, using the webhooks.

Install Steps

• Create and activate venv

  python3 -m venv <venv name>
  source <venv name>/bin/activate

• Install packages

  pip install -r requirements.txt

• Install plugin Copy the plugin to somewhere on the venv python path. The python path can be found with:

  python3 -c "import sys; print(sys.path)"

• Add and configure feed

  feed2exec add <feed name> <feed url>

  Modify the feed2exec config at ~/.config/feed2exec.ini and add keys under the <feed name> header:

  • output=discord_output
  • webhook=<webhook url from discord>
  • user=<display username> (optional, omiting this will use whatever is configured in the webhook).
  • timezone=<tz str> (optional) timezone string that pytz.timezone will accept.

• Setup Crontab

  Create a crontab to execute the following command periodically:

  /path/to/venv/bin/python3 -m feed2exec fetch