Module `River`Source

Sourcetype source = {

}

The source of a feed.

Sourcetype feed

Sourcetype post

Sourceval fetch : ?timeout:float -> ?user_agent:string -> source -> feed

fetch ?timeout ?user_agent source returns an Atom or RSS feed from a source.

parameter user_agent
Value sent in the User-Agent HTTP header. Omitted by default.

Sourceval name : feed -> string

name feed is the name of the feed source passed to fetch.

Sourceval url : feed -> string

url feed is the url of the feed source passed to fetch.

Sourceval posts : feed list -> post list

posts feeds is the list of deduplicated posts of the given feeds.

Sourceval feed : post -> feed

feed post is the feed the post originates from.

Sourceval title : post -> string

title post is the title of the post.

Sourceval link : post -> Uri.t option

link post is the link of the post.

Sourceval date : post -> Syndic.Date.t option

date post is the date of the post.

Sourceval author : post -> string

author post is the author of the post.

Sourceval email : post -> string

email post is the email of the post.

Sourceval content : post -> string

content post is the content of the post.

val meta_description : 
  ?timeout:float ->
  ?user_agent:string ->
  post ->
  string option

meta_description ?timeout ?user_agent post is the meta description of the post on the origin site.

parameter user_agent
Value sent in the User-Agent HTTP header. Omitted by default.

To get the meta description, we make get the content of link post and look for an HTML meta tag with the name "description" or "og:description".

Sourceval seo_image : ?timeout:float -> ?user_agent:string -> post -> string option

seo_image ?timeout ?user_agent post is the image to be used by social networks and links to the post.

parameter user_agent
Value sent in the User-Agent HTTP header. Omitted by default.

To get the seo image, we make get the content of link post and look for an HTML meta tag with the name "og:image" or "twitter:image".

Sourceval create_atom_entries : post list -> Syndic.Atom.entry list

create_atom_feed posts creates a list of atom entries, which can then be used to create an atom feed that is an aggregate of the posts.

package river