mkdocs-rss-plugin 1.17.9
MkDocs plugin to generate RSS and JSON feeds using Mkdocs site configuration, git log and Mkdocs pages'meta.
Requires Python: >=3.10
Keywords: atom, documentation, feed, git, json-feed, mkdocs, plugin, rss

# MkDocs RSS plugin

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A plugin for [MkDocs](https://www.mkdocs.org), the static site generator, which creates [RSS 2.0](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS) and [JSON Feed 1.1](https://www.jsonfeed.org/version/1.1/) feeds using the creation and modification dates from [git log](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-log) and page metadata ([YAML frontmatter](https://www.mkdocs.org/user-guide/writing-your-docs/#yaml-style-meta-data)).

## Installation

```sh
pip install mkdocs-rss-plugin
```

## Usage

Minimal [`mkdocs.yml` configuration](https://www.mkdocs.org/user-guide/configuration/#project-information):

```yaml
site_description: required. Used as feed mandatory channel description.
site_name: required. Used as feed mandatory channel title and items source URL label.
site_url: required. Used to build feed items URLs.
```

Minimal plugin option:

```yaml
plugins:
  - rss
```

Full options:

```yaml
plugins:
  - rss:
      abstract_chars_count: 160  # -1 for full content
      abstract_delimiter: <!-- more -->
      categories:
        - tags
      comments_path: "#__comments"
      date_from_meta:
        as_creation: "date" # means from page.meta.date
        as_update: "git" # means from git log
        datetime_format: "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M"
        default_time: "09:30"
        default_timezone: Europe/Paris
      enabled: true
      feed_description: "My custom feed description"  # MkDocs site_description: will be used if this key is not present
      feeds_filenames:
        json_created: feed_json_created.json
        json_updated: feed_json_updated.json
        rss_created: feed_rss_created.xml
        rss_updated: feed_rss_updated.xml
      feed_title: "My custom feed title"  # MkDocs site_name: will be used if this key is not present
      feed_ttl: 1440
      image: https://github.com/Guts/mkdocs-rss-plugin/blob/main/docs/assets/logo_rss_plugin_mkdocs.png?raw=true
      json_feed_enabled: true
      length: 20
      match_path: ".*"
      pretty_print: false
      rss_feed_enabled: true
      url_parameters:
        utm_source: "documentation"
        utm_medium: "RSS"
        utm_campaign: "feed-syndication"
      use_git: true
      use_material_blog: true
      use_material_social_cards: true
```

For further information, [see the user documentation](https://guts.github.io/mkdocs-rss-plugin/).

Following initiative from the author of Material for MkDocs, this plugin provides its own JSON schema to validate configuration: [source](https://github.com/Guts/mkdocs-rss-plugin/blob/main/docs/schema.json) - [documentation](https://guts.github.io/mkdocs-rss-plugin/schema.json).

## Development

Once you cloned the repository:

```sh
# install project as editable
python -m pip install -e .

# including development dependencies
python -m pip install -e .[dev]

# including documentation dependencies
python -m pip install -e .[docs]

# including testing dependencies
python -m pip install -e .[test]

# all inclusive
python -m pip install -e .[dev,docs,test]

# install git hooks
pre-commit install
```

Then follow the [contribution guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md).

### Run the tests

```sh
# install development dependencies
python -m pip install -e .[test]

# run tests
pytest
```

### Build the documentation

```sh
# install dependencies for documentation
python -m pip install -e .[docs]

# build the documentation
mkdocs build
```

### Release workflow

1. Fill the `CHANGELOG.md`
1. Change the version number in `__about__.py`
1. Apply a git tag with the relevant version: `git tag -a 0.3.0 {git commit hash} -m "New awesome feature"`
1. Push tag to main branch: `git push origin 0.3.0`