feed-reader

Query and format atom feed archives (RFC 5005)

Usage

usage: feedreader [OPTIONS] URL
 -b,--backward             read the last feed entry from URL and move to
                           the beginning
 -D <property=value>       sets a system property value
 -f,--format <formatter>   print using specified formatter, available are:
                           XML, ENTRY, XPATH:expr
 -h,--help                 usage information
 -k,--unsecure             try insecure SSL connection
 -m,--match                print only the first matching entry
 -o,--output <file>        write to specified file instead of stdout
 -x,--xpath <expression>   print only entries with content that match
                           specified xpath 2.0 expression

Examples

Print feed content from specified URL starting from first entry. Follows any next-archivelinks.

feedreader http://192.168.1.3:8080/feed/1

Print feed content from specified URL starting from last entry. Follows any prev-archivelinks.

feedreader --backward http://192.168.1.3:8080/feed/recent

Assume feed content is XML and pretty print.

feedreader --format XML http://192.168.1.3:8080/feed/1

Filter feed entry content.

feedreader --xpath "//*:link/*:rel='order'" http://192.168.1.3:8080/feed/1

Search for the first feed entry that matches the expression.

feedreader --match --xpath "//*:id='4555e3c7-8642-4b10-95b5-3433eb817411'" \
           http://192.168.1.3:8080/feed/1

Print value from XPath expression.

feedreader --format 'XPATH://*:id' http://192.168.1.3:8080/feed/1

Print several values separated with a ':' character.

feedreader --format 'XPATH:string-join((//*:id,//*:href),\":\")' http://192.168.1.3:8080/feed/1