This application scrapes the "Mediawatch" section of ABC News and generates an RSS feed. It supports both CLI and CGI modes.

• Go (if building from source)

• Apache or Nginx (for serving RSS files)

Grab the latest binary here: https://github.com/arran4/abc-mediawatch-rss/releases/

Install go 1.23+

Run go install:

go install github.com/arran4/abc-mediawatch-rss/cmd/abcmediawatchrss@latest

This installs to $HOME/go/bin (typically; check with go env).

Generate RSS Feed:

abcmediawatchrss -output /var/www/localhost/htdocs/rss/abcmediawatchrss.xml

1. Place abcmediawatchrss-cgi in your server's CGI directory (e.g., /var/www/htdocs/cgi-bin/abcmediawatchrss-cgi).
2. Ensure it is executable:

   chmod +x /var/www/htdocs/cgi-bin/abcmediawatchrss-cgi

3. Access it via URL (e.g., http://example.com/cgi-bin/abcmediawatchrss-cgi).

Add a cron job to run the script periodically:

1. Edit the root crontab:

   sudo crontab -e

2. Add the following line:

   */15 * * * * /usr/local/bin/abcmediawatchrss -output /var/www/localhost/htdocs/rss/abcmediawatchrss.xml

Add a cron job to run the script periodically:

1. Edit the user's crontab:

   crontab -e

2. Add the following line:

   */15 * * * * ~/go/bin/abcmediawatchrss -output ~/public_html/rss/abcmediawatchrss.xml

1. Create a systemd service file at /etc/systemd/system/abcmediawatchrss.service:

[Unit]
Description=ABC Mediawatch RSS Feed Creator

[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/usr/bin/abcmediawatchrss -output /var/www/localhost/htdocs/rss/abcmediawatchrss.xml
User=apache
Group=apache

2. Create a systemd timer file at /etc/systemd/system/everyhour@.timer:

[Unit]
Description=Monthly Timer for %i service

[Timer]
OnCalendar=*-*-* *:00:00
AccuracySec=1h
RandomizedDelaySec=1h
Persistent=true
Unit=%i.service

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

3. Reload systemd and start the service:

   sudo systemctl daemon-reload
   sudo systemctl enable --now everyhour@abcmediawatchrss.timer

1. Create a systemd service file at $HOME/.config/systemd/user/abcmediawatchrss.service:

[Unit]
Description=ABC Mediawatch RSS Feed Creator

[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=%h/go/bin/abcmediawatchrss -output %h/public_html/rss/abcmediawatchrss.xml

2. Create a systemd timer file at $HOME/.config/systemd/user/everyhour@.timer:

[Unit]
Description=Monthly Timer for %i service

[Timer]
OnCalendar=*-*-* *:00:00
AccuracySec=1h
RandomizedDelaySec=1h
Persistent=true
Unit=%i.service

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

3. Reload systemd and start the service:

   systemctl --user daemon-reload && systemctl --user enable --now everyhour@abcmediawatchrss.timer

Refer to documentation for setting up public_html directories

http://localhost/~$USERNAME/rss/abcmediawatchrss.xml

Add the following configuration to your Apache setup (e.g., /etc/httpd/conf.d/rss.conf):

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName example.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/localhost/htdocs/rss
    <Directory "/var/www/localhost/htdocs/rss">
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride None
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Refer to documentation for setting up public_html directories

Add this to your Nginx server block:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name example.com;

    location /rss/ {
        root /var/www/localhost/htdocs;
        autoindex on;
    }
}