Never miss a headline again! JabRSS is a simple RSS (RDF Site Summary) headline notification service for Jabber. It is released under the GNU General Public License.
The complete source code is available from the JabXPCOM repository. You can either use the official CVS repository at http://cvs.sunsite.dk/viewcvs.cgi/jabxpcom/
or the bleeding-edge Subversion repository at http://svn.cmeerw.net/src/jabxpcom.
JabRSS itself consists of the files jabrss/jabrss.py and jabrss/parserss.py,
but you will also need a working JabXPCOM installation.
subscribe http://host.domain/path/to/file.rss .. subscribe to the given RSS URL
unsubscribe http://host.domain/path/to/file.rss .. unsubscribe from the given RSS URL
list .. list currently subscribed RSS URLs (if a URL is marked with "error" it means that the last update of the RSS resource failed for some reason)
info http://host.domain/path/to/file.rss .. display some information about the given RSS URL
set plaintext .. set the message type for headline notifications to normal/plaintext
set chat .. set the message type for headline notifications to chat/plaintext
set headline .. set the message type for headline notifications to headline (please note that not all Jabber clients support headline messages)
set also_deliver {Away} {XA} {DND} .. also deliver headline messages when your presence is "Away", "Extended Away" or "Do Not Disturb"
set size_limit <num> .. limit the size of headline message to the specified amount of bytes
set store_messages <num> .. store at must the specified number of messages for later delivery (note that there is a hard limit of 48)
set header {Title} {URL} .. include an optional header line in headline notifications with the title and/or URL of the feed
set subject {Title} {URL} .. include an optional subject in headline notifications with the title and/or URL of the feed
configuration .. displays your current configuration
show statistics .. displays some basic server statistics
show usage .. displays some basic usage statistics
First of all you have to subscribe to JabRSS's presence (I am running a JabRSS server with JID jabrss@cmeerw.net) and have to accept the subscription request from JabRSS. Then you can start using it by subscribing to your favorite RSS headlines by sending a subscription command to JabRSS ("subscribe http://some.url/path/to/rss", e.g. send "subscribe http://slashdot.org/slashdot.rdf" to subscribe to Slashdot headlines; or better yet try "subscribe http://cmeerw.org/blog.rdf" which is my Weblog where I will announce JabRSS updates).
If you are looking for other RSS sources, you might want to take a look at Syndic8.com - just search for a feed and subscribe to the RSS URL via jabrss.
There is also a short description on using JabRSS in Spanish on the Biso*os Usuarios de Linux de Mallorca y Alrededores web site.
You are invited to use JabRSS at your own risk. But be warned that any abuse will be acted upon.
The service is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind and might be changed or discontinued at any time without prior notice.
Currently, there is no real privacy policy. Any Jabber message sent to JabRSS might be logged and analysed for debugging purposes. No information about you will be passed on to third parties without your permission.
BTW, if you like this service you could also consider a donation to keep it running.