podcasts-list-to-rss

Generate an RSS file from Telegram podcasts list

bit.ly/podcastsrss

What was done

• Read messages from Telegram channel
• Parse each message and get it's episode link
• Find the RSS link of the podcast and get the RSS item from it
• Build an RSS file from all items from all messages
• Use the original episode XML item and just update those fields:
  • Publish date - use the Telegram published date instead of the original episode published date
  • Prepand to episode's description the Telegram message description from
• Commit and save the RSS file
• Run this flow each 1 hour using GitHub Actions

Next steps (Todo list)

• Some messages are not well parsed and failing to get episode details
• Remember last read message and read only newer messages
• Update commit only if there are new episodes
• Use bot token to listen to new messages instead. Now we use app token that has more permissions and can read all channel history
• Different between this repo (which should be a template) and a specific repo for each desired flow, that can be managed by each user who wants to use this flow
• Support more podcasts sites (currently support only Pocket Casts)