#!/bin/bash
# Generate RSS feed from given post metadata files
#
# Copyright (C) 2019 Mike Gerwitz
#
# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program. If not, see .
#
# All posts must be provided on the command line as a path to each
# individual metadata file, in the order in which they should appear in the
# feed output.
##
set -euo pipefail
# Website root URL.
declare -r www=${WWW_URL:-https://mikegerwitz.com}
# Look up metadatum FIELD in metafile FILE.
pmeta()
{
local -r file=${1?Missing metafile name}
local -r field=${2?Missing field name}
recsel -P "$field" "$file"
}
# Generate RSS item for each post in provided arguments.
# See `gen-item'.
gen-items()
{
while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
gen-item "$1"
shift
done
}
# Generate RSS item for post in metadata file FILE. The abstract will be
# used for the item description.
gen-item()
{
local -r file=${1?Missing file name}
local subject author slug date
subject=$( pmeta "$file" subject )
author=$( pmeta "$file" author )
slug=$( pmeta "$file" slug )
date=$( pmeta "$file" date )
# TODO: entire content?
local abstract
abstract=$( pmeta "$file" abstract )
cat <
$www/$slug
$date(Read full post)
]]>
EOF
}
# Output usage information and exit with EX_USAGE.
usage()
{
cat <Mike Gerwitz's Thoughts and Ramblings
$www
Posts and articles from a free software hacker and activst with a focus on user privacy and security
$( gen-items "$@" )
EOF
}
main "$@"