blademainer / RssToMobiService

A rss to mobi service

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RssToMobiService (rtms) is a service (you can treat it as a tool) helps you to fetch RSS and generate mobi file for your kindle device.


Dependency

  • python env (pip)
  • redis
  • maven
  • one of Java's IDEs such as Eclipse, IntelliJ idea (optional)

NOTE

  • python env (pip): two script will need python's env (fullTxt and kindlestrip)
  • redis: used to store image's json object and cache processed entry desc
  • maven: it is necessary that jar will be built with it
  • Java's IDE: can help you edit some config item and code, it depends on yourself.

How to use

assume that you have installed those dependencies.

  • enter your-local-repository
cd RssToMobiService/src/main/resources/
  • modify some config file. mail.properties and feedlinks.txt must be modified generally. Check it one by one!

  • run dispatch script

(sudo) sh dispatch.sh
  • return to project's root dir and build && generate jar file
mvn assembly:assembly
  • init python script's dependency packages
(sudo) pip install feedparser
(sudo) pip install readability-lxml
  • start redis server (command see resources/redisMaintain.sh)

  • goto target dir && execute jar

java -jar RssToMobiService-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar

NOTE

  • you must goto amazon's website to set your kindle's receive-email
  • you should change the feedlinks.txt's rss url
  • these are apse some config items about mobi file you should pay attention to (rtms.properites)

What's more

  • you can make it as a deamon daily service.
  • optimize entry fetch/parse and image download

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