customizable instance url, default fetch int = 5, better startup handling

README.md

@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ A Mastodon bot to post a feed of articles from The Verge - [@verge@wuff.space](h
 
 # Setup
 ## Docker
-**NOTE:** The Docker Compose file is located at `docker-compose.yml.example` in the root directory. If you want to run the bot using Docker Compose, refer to that file.
+**NOTE:** The Docker Compose file is located at `docker-compose.example.yml` in the root directory. If you want to run the bot using Docker Compose, refer to that file.
 Run the Docker container (remove the -d flag to run in the foreground)
 ```bash
-docker run -d --env ACCESS_TOKEN=YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN --name verge-mastodon-bot ghcr.io/milanmdev/verge-mastodon-bot
+docker run -d --env ACCESS_TOKEN=YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN INSTANCE_URL=https://your-instance.url --name verge-mastodon-bot ghcr.io/milanmdev/verge-mastodon-bot
 ```
 ## Manual
 1. Clone the repository
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ yarn install
 3. Create a `.env` file in the root directory of the project and add the following environment variables:
 ```bash
 ACCESS_TOKEN=YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN
+INSTANCE_URL=https://your-instance.url
 ```
 4. Run the bot
 ```bash

app/index.js

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 const FeedSub = require("feedsub");
 const { login } = require("masto");
+const process = require("process");
 require("dotenv").config();
 
 if (!process.env.ACCESS_TOKEN) throw new Error("No access token provided.");
@@ -8,17 +9,22 @@ let fetch_url;
 if (!process.env.FETCH_URL)
   fetch_url = "https://www.theverge.com/rss/index.xml";
 else fetch_url = process.env.FETCH_URL;
+let instance_url;
+if (!process.env.INSTANCE_URL) instance_url = "https://wuff.space";
+else instance_url = process.env.INSTANCE_URL;
 let fetch_interval;
-if (!process.env.FETCH_INTERVAL) fetch_interval = 10;
+if (!process.env.FETCH_INTERVAL) fetch_interval = 5;
 else fetch_interval = process.env.FETCH_INTERVAL;
 
-let launchItems = [];
 let reader = new FeedSub(fetch_url, {
   interval: fetch_interval,
+  emitOnStart: true,
 });
 
+reader.read();
+
 reader.on("item", async (item) => {
-  if (launchItems.includes(item.id)) return;
+  if (process.uptime() < 60) return;
   console.log(
     `[${new Date().toUTCString()}] - [Mastodon] Posting new article (${
       item.title
@@ -26,7 +32,7 @@ reader.on("item", async (item) => {
   );
 
   const masto = await login({
-    url: "https://wuff.space",
+    url: instance_url,
     accessToken: process.env.ACCESS_TOKEN,
   });
 
@@ -39,12 +45,8 @@ reader.on("item", async (item) => {
 try {
   reader.start();
   console.log(
-    `[${new Date().toUTCString()}] - [Verge RSS] Started RSS reader. Fetching from ${fetch_url}`
+    `[${new Date().toUTCString()}] - [Verge RSS] Started RSS reader. Fetching from ${fetch_url} every ${fetch_interval} minutes.`
   );
 } catch (e) {
   console.log(`[${new Date().toUTCString()}] - [Verge RSS] ${e}`);
 }
-
-reader.read(async function (err, item) {
-  launchItems.push(item.id);
-});

docker-compose.example.yml

@@ -5,4 +5,7 @@ services:
     image: ghcr.io/milanmdev/verge-mastodon-bot
     environment:
       - ACCESS_TOKEN=token
+      - INSTANCE_URL=https://your-instance.url
+      - FETCH_URL=https://www.theverge.com/rss/index.xml
+      - FETCH_INTERVAL=5
       - NODE_ENV=production

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "verge-mastodon-bot",
-  "version": "1.1.0",
+  "version": "1.2.0",
   "main": "index.js",
   "repository": "https://github.com/milanmdev/verge-mastodon-bot.git",
   "author": "Milan Mehra <milan@milanm.org>",