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DiscouRSS - RSS to Discord Bridge

DiscouRSS is a Google Sheets Addon that reads RSS Feeds (such as news, Letterboxd reviews, GoodReads activity) and pipe those events to a Discord channel.

The configuration and execution is handled entirely within Google Sheets, allowing for easy management with no cost (beyond a Google account).

Features

Implemented via Discord Webhooks, so no read access to Discord messaages.
Runs hourly (more frequent if manually triggered).
Uses Google Access Control for managing activity.
Adaptive rate limiting for Discord webhooks, up to about 60 Discord messages per channel per run.
Converts RSS HTML to Discord Markdown.
Plenty of customization options.

Setup

NOTE: This is currently in private beta.

Create a webhook in Discord.
Enable the Addon in the Workplace Marketplace Store.
Open a spreadsheet (blank is recommended, but not necessary).
Locate the DisouRSS menu under the Extensions menu and select Show sidebar.
Enter the webhook. Submitting this will setup the Spreadsheet.
Enter an RSS URL under the Feeds column and a Discord User ID or other attributation under the Discord column.
Cick Run in the DiscouRSS sidebar to manualy test the settings.
To run DiscouRSS automatically, click the Enable Timer sidebar button.

Configuration

Feed Tab

Name	Type	Description
Feed	String	URL of the RSS Feed
Discord	String	User ID or Name to attribute to the update.
Time	String	(Internal) Unix time of last update. Set to `0` to force a rescan.
GUID	String	(Internal) Latest feed item. Set to 0 to push all feed items.
Status	String	(Informative) Last run status for the given feed.

Sidebar Settings

Name	Type	Default	Description
webhook	String	``	Discord channel webhook.
appname	String	``	The Discord Bot name. If not set, will either be set to a feed-specific default or `DiscouRSS` if nothing else.
avatar_url	String	``	URL to an image used for the Discord Bot. Leave blank and the bot will try to determine the proper icon to be used.
signature	String	`%s Posted:`	The signature used for the title. "%s" is replaced with the value in the Discord column.
feed_pattern	String	`https://`	Regular expression that individual feeds are validated against.
feed_limit	Integer	`5`	How many RSS feeds to process per run.
feed_frequency	Integer	3600	How long a single feed will be scanned (in seconds).
image_format	String	`image`	How to attach the image from the feed item (image
bundle	Boolean	`FALSE`	Whether or not to bundle the items as a single discord message.