Gator

A multi-player command line tool for aggregating RSS feeds and viewing the posts.

Installation

Make sure you have the latest Go toolchain installed as well as a local Postgres database. You can then install gator with:

go install ...

Config

Create a .gatorconfig.json file in your home directory with the following structure:

{
  "db_url": "postgres://username:@localhost:5432/database?sslmode=disable"
}

Replace the values with your database connection string.

Usage

Create a new user:

gator register <name>

Add a feed:

gator addfeed <url>

Start the aggregator:

gator agg 30s

View the posts:

gator browse [limit]

There are a few other commands you'll need as well:

• gator login <name> - Log in as a user that already exists
• gator users - List all users
• gator feeds - List all feeds
• gator follow <url> - Follow a feed that already exists in the database
• gator unfollow <url> - Unfollow a feed that already exists in the database