Filters

Every filter has a condition expression and a list of actions. The actions will take place if the entire condition expression evaluates to True.

When a news item arrives in the database, the filters that belong to its feed will run in order of priority. Then, any filters from the parent feed will run. If the news gets moved to a different feed, the filters belonging to that feed will run, and so forth until all of the filters finish running or the action then_stop_filters is used.

Some conditions and actions accept an argument. Use a colon : to separate the command name from the argument.

Conditions

Combine the following functions to create a boolean expression. You can use logical operators AND, OR, NOT, XOR, as well as grouping parentheses to create complex expressions.

Conditions with no arguments:

• always
• has_enclosure
• has_text
• has_url
• is_read
• is_recycled

Conditions with 1 argument:

• anywhere_regex:pattern
• enclosure_regex:pattern
• text_regex:pattern
• title_regex:pattern
• url_regex:pattern

Note: If your argument contains spaces or parentheses, place quotation marks around the entire condition:argument so the parser doesn't them get confused with grouping. E.g. "title_regex:free stuff", "title_regex:(gog)"

Note: When using regular expressions, you'll have to double up your backslashes. One backslash escapes the expression parser, and the other backslash goes to your regular expression. E.g. \\d, example\\.com. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Actions

Each line of this field represents a single action. If the condition evaluates to True, then all of your actions will execute in order. You can not choose to execute only some of the actions — for that, create a separate filter.

You must place either then_continue_filters or then_stop_filters as the final action, and these must not appear anywhere except the final position.

Actions with no arguments:

• then_continue_filters
• then_stop_filters

Actions with 1 argument:

• move_to_feed:feed_id
• send_to_py:path
• set_read:read
• set_recycled:recycled

The send_to_py action allows you to run your own Python file with a news object. Your python file must define a function called main that only takes one argument, the news object, and returns the integer 0 if everything goes okay. If your function does not return 0, the action will fail. See bringrss/objects.py to see the News class.

Examples

        Conditions:
        always

        Actions:
        set_read:yes
        then_stop_filters
        

        Conditions:
        enclosure_regex:\\.mp3$ AND NOT (is_read OR is_recycled)

        Actions:
        send_to_py:D:\bringrss\myscripts\download_podcast.py
        set_read:yes
        then_continue_filters
        

        Conditions:
        anywhere_regex:politics

        Actions:
        set_recycled:yes
        then_stop_filters
        

        Conditions:
        (anywhere_regex:github\\.com/voussoir OR anywhere_regex:voussoir\\.net)
        AND NOT (is_read OR is_recycled)

        Actions:
        move_to_feed:0123456789
        send_to_py:D:\bringrss\myscripts\username_mention.py
        then_continue_filters