RSS Reader

Note - from version 3.0.0:

• New Java package name
• New group ID in Maven / Gradle dependency declaration
• Moved repository from JCenter to Maven Central Repository

RSS (Rich Site Summary) is a type of web feed which allows users to access updates to online content in a standardized, computer-readable format. Subscribing to a website RSS removes the need for the user to manually check the website for new content.

Atom feeds is supported from version 2.0.0 and later.

This Java RSS parser library makes it easier to automate data extraction from RSS or Atom feeds via Java stream API.

Examples

Read RSS feed

Reads from a RSS (or Atom) feeds and extract all items that contains the word football in the title.

RssReader reader = new RssReader();
Stream<Item> rssFeed = reader.read(URL);
List<Item> articles = rssFeed.filter(i -> i.getTitle().equals(Optional.of("football")))
                             .collect(Collectors.toList());

Merging RSS feeds

Merging several feeds into one feed sored in ascending (oldest first) publication date order and prints the title.

RssReader reader = new RssReader();
Stream.concat(reader.read(URL1),
              reader.read(URL2))
      .sorted()
      .map(Item::getTitle)
      .forEach(System.out::println);

Download

Download the latest JAR or grab via Maven or Gradle.

Maven setup

Add dependency declaration:

<project>
    ...
    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.apptasticsoftware</groupId>
            <artifactId>rssreader</artifactId>
            <version>3.0.0</version>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>
    ...
</project>

Gradle setup

Add dependency declaration:

dependencies {
    implementation 'com.apptasticsoftware:rssreader:3.0.0'
}

RSS Reader library requires at minimum Java 11.

License

MIT License

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