Web/node/rss.js

const {
    Feed
} = require("feed");
const fs = require("fs");
const converter = require("./showdown")(1);

module.exports = function () {
    let folder = __dirname + "/../";
    createFeeds(folder);

    fs.watchFile(folder + "blog/posts.json", function (curr, prev) {
        if (curr.mtime == prev.mtime)
            return;
        createFeeds(folder);
    });
}

function createFeeds(folder) {
    console.log("Refreshing feeds...");
    createFeed(function (feed) {
        fs.writeFile(folder + "feed.json", feed.json1(), function (_, _) {});
        fs.writeFile(folder + "rss.xml", feed.rss2(), function (_, _) {});
        fs.writeFile(folder + "atom.xml", feed.atom1(), function (_, _) {});
    });
}

function createFeed(callback) {
    const feed = new Feed({
        title: "Ellpeck's Blog",
        description: "Occasionally I enjoy writing stuff. So here's some of the stuff I've written about gaming, programming and life.",
        id: "https://ellpeck.de",
        link: "https://ellpeck.de",
        image: "https://ellpeck.de/res/logo.png",
        favicon: "https://ellpeck.de/favicon.ico",
        feedLinks: {
            json: "https://ellpeck.de/feed.json",
            atom: "https://ellpeck.de/atom.xml"
        },
        author: {
            name: "Ellpeck",
            email: "me@ellpeck.de",
            link: "https://ellpeck.de"
        }
    });

    fs.readFile(__dirname + "/../blog/posts.json", function (_, data) {
        let json = JSON.parse(data);
        for (let i = json.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
            let post = json[i];
            let date = new Date(post.date);

            fs.readFile(__dirname + "/../blog/" + post.id + ".md", function (_, content) {
                let html = converter.makeHtml(content.toString());
                feed.addItem({
                    title: post.name,
                    link: "https://ellpeck.de/blog-" + post.id,
                    description: post.summary,
                    content: html,
                    date: date,
                    published: date
                });

                if (i == 0) {
                    callback(feed);
                }
            });
        }
    });
}