Allow publishing category feeds

In some cases, one needs to have custom feeds pertaining to a particular
topic (such as for planet aggregations) and thus having category feeds
is useful.

This adds `category_feeds` and `category_feeds_dir` config options

Author: yrashk

docs/configuration.md

@@ -426,6 +426,18 @@ Will result in:
 
 Default: `None`.
 
+### Category feeds
+
+Enables generating separate feeds for each category.
+
+Default: `false`.
+
+### Category feeds directory
+
+Directory to put category feeds into
+
+Default: `rss_dir`.
+
 ----
 
 ## Integration

docs/schema.json

@@ -127,6 +127,18 @@
               "markdownDescription": "https://guts.github.io/mkdocs-rss-plugin/configuration/#url-parameters",
               "type": "object",
               "default": null
+            },
+            "category_feeds": {
+              "title": "Separate feeds for each category",
+              "markdownDescription": "https://guts.github.io/mkdocs-rss-plugin/configuration/#category_feeds",
+              "type": "boolean",
+              "default": false
+            },
+            "category_feeds_dir": {
+              "title": "Directory to put category feeds into",
+              "markdownDescription": "https://guts.github.io/mkdocs-rss-plugin/configuration/#category_feeds_directory",
+              "type": "string",
+              "default": "rss"
             }
           },
           "additionalProperties": false

mkdocs.yml

@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ plugins:
         utm_source: "documentation"
         utm_medium: "RSS"
         utm_campaign: "feed-syndication"
+      category_feeds: false
+      category_feeds_dir: rss
   - search
 
 theme:

mkdocs_rss_plugin/plugin.py

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 # ##################################
 
 # standard library
+import os
 import logging
 from copy import deepcopy
 from datetime import datetime
@@ -58,6 +59,8 @@ class GitRssPlugin(BasePlugin):
         ("match_path", config_options.Type(str, default=".*")),
         ("pretty_print", config_options.Type(bool, default=False)),
         ("url_parameters", config_options.Type(dict, default=None)),
+        ("category_feeds", config_options.Type(bool, default=False)),
+        ("category_feeds_dir", config_options.Type(str, default="rss"))
     )
 
     def __init__(self):
@@ -71,9 +74,13 @@ def __init__(self):
         self.meta_default_time = None
         # pages storage
         self.pages_to_filter = []
+        # config
+        self.category_feeds = False
+        self.category_feeds_dir = "rss"
         # prepare output feeds
         self.feed_created = dict
         self.feed_updated = dict
+        self.category_feed = dict
 
     def on_config(self, config: config_options.Config) -> dict:
         """The config event is the first event called on build and
@@ -123,6 +130,9 @@ def on_config(self, config: config_options.Config) -> dict:
         # pattern to match pages included in output
         self.match_path_pattern = compile(self.config.get("match_path"))
 
+        self.category_feeds = self.config.get("category_feeds")
+        self.category_feeds_dir = self.config.get("category_feeds_dir")
+
         # date handling
         if self.config.get("date_from_meta") is not None:
             self.src_date_created = self.config.get("date_from_meta").get(
@@ -162,6 +172,7 @@ def on_config(self, config: config_options.Config) -> dict:
         # create 2 final dicts
         self.feed_created = deepcopy(base_feed)
         self.feed_updated = deepcopy(base_feed)
+        self.category_feed = deepcopy(base_feed)
 
         # final feed url
         if base_feed.get("html_url"):
@@ -272,6 +283,41 @@ def on_page_content(
             )
         )
 
+    def render_feed(self, pretty_print: bool, feed_name: str, feed: dict):
+        if pretty_print:
+            # load Jinja environment and template
+            env = Environment(
+                autoescape=select_autoescape(["html", "xml"]),
+                loader=FileSystemLoader(self.tpl_folder),
+            )
+
+            template = env.get_template(self.tpl_file.name)
+
+            # write feed to file
+            with feed_name.open(mode="w", encoding="UTF8") as fifeed:
+                fifeed.write(template.render(feed=feed))
+        else:
+            # load Jinja environment and template
+            env = Environment(
+                autoescape=select_autoescape(["html", "xml"]),
+                loader=FileSystemLoader(self.tpl_folder),
+                lstrip_blocks=True,
+                trim_blocks=True,
+            )
+            template = env.get_template(self.tpl_file.name)
+
+            # write feed to file stripping out spaces and new lines
+            with feed_name.open(mode="w", encoding="UTF8") as fifeed:
+                prev_char = ""
+                for char in template.render(feed=feed):
+                    if char == "\n":
+                        continue
+                    if char == " " and prev_char == " ":
+                        prev_char = char
+                        continue
+                    prev_char = char
+                    fifeed.write(char)
+
     def on_post_build(self, config: config_options.Config) -> dict:
         """The post_build event does not alter any variables. \
         Use this event to call post-build scripts. \
@@ -312,52 +358,32 @@ def on_post_build(self, config: config_options.Config) -> dict:
             )
         )
 
-        # write feeds according to the pretty print option
-        if pretty_print:
-            # load Jinja environment and template
-            env = Environment(
-                autoescape=select_autoescape(["html", "xml"]),
-                loader=FileSystemLoader(self.tpl_folder),
-            )
-
-            template = env.get_template(self.tpl_file.name)
-
-            # write feeds to files
-            with out_feed_created.open(mode="w", encoding="UTF8") as fifeed_created:
-                fifeed_created.write(template.render(feed=self.feed_created))
-
-            with out_feed_updated.open(mode="w", encoding="UTF8") as fifeed_updated:
-                fifeed_updated.write(template.render(feed=self.feed_updated))
-
-        else:
-            # load Jinja environment and template
-            env = Environment(
-                autoescape=select_autoescape(["html", "xml"]),
-                loader=FileSystemLoader(self.tpl_folder),
-                lstrip_blocks=True,
-                trim_blocks=True,
-            )
-            template = env.get_template(self.tpl_file.name)
+        # Render main feeds
+        self.render_feed(pretty_print, out_feed_created, self.feed_created)
+        self.render_feed(pretty_print, out_feed_updated, self.feed_updated)
+
+        # Render category feeds if enabled
+        if self.category_feeds:
+            feeds = {}
+            # collect feeds of pages per category
+            for page in self.pages_to_filter:
+                for category in page.categories:
+                    feeds.setdefault(category, []).append(page)
+
+           # Ensure target directory exists
+            path = Path(config.get("site_dir")) / self.category_feeds_dir
+            os.makedirs(path, exist_ok=True)
+
+            for category, pages in feeds.items():
+                # Create a feed per category
+                filename = f"{category}.xml"
+                feed = deepcopy(self.category_feed)
+                feed.get("entries").extend(
+                            self.util.filter_pages(
+                                pages=pages,
+                                length = self.config.get("length", 20),
+                                attribute = "created"
+                             )
+                       )
+                self.render_feed(pretty_print, path / filename, feed)
 
-            # write feeds to files stripping out spaces and new lines
-            with out_feed_created.open(mode="w", encoding="UTF8") as fifeed_created:
-                prev_char = ""
-                for char in template.render(feed=self.feed_created):
-                    if char == "\n":
-                        continue
-                    if char == " " and prev_char == " ":
-                        prev_char = char
-                        continue
-                    prev_char = char
-                    fifeed_created.write(char)
-
-            with out_feed_updated.open(mode="w", encoding="UTF8") as fifeed_updated:
-                for char in template.render(feed=self.feed_updated):
-                    if char == "\n":
-                        prev_char = char
-                        continue
-                    if char == " " and prev_char == " ":
-                        prev_char = char
-                        continue
-                    prev_char = char
-                    fifeed_updated.write(char)

tests/test_config.py

@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ def test_plugin_config_defaults(self):
             "pretty_print": False,
             "match_path": ".*",
             "url_parameters": None,
+            "category_feeds": False,
+            "category_feeds_dir": "rss",
         }
 
         # load