rss2bsky.py

RSS to Bluesky - in Python

This is a proof-of-concept implementation for posting RSS/Atom content to Bluesky. Some hacking may be required. Issues and pull requests welcome to improve the system.

Built with:

• arrow - Time handling for humans
• atproto - AT protocol implementation for Python. The API of the library is still unstable, but the version is pinned in requirements.txt
• fastfeedparser - For feed parsing with a unified API
• httpx - For grabbing remote media

Features:

• Deduplication: The script queries the target timeline and only posts RSS items that are more recent than the latest top-level post by the handle.
• Filters: Easy to extend code to support filters on RSS contents for simple transformations and limiting cross-posts.
• Minimal rich-text support (links): Rich text is represented in a typed hierarchy in the AT protocol. This script currently performs post-processing on filtered string content of the input feeds to support links as long as they stand as a single line in the text. This definitely needs some improvement.
• Threading for long posts
• Tags
• Image references: Can forward image links from RSS to Bsky

Usage and configuration

1. Start by installing the required libraries pip install -r requirements.txt
2. Copy the configuration file and then edit it cp config.json.sample config.json
3. Run the script like python rss2bsky.py

The configuration file accepts the configuration of:

• a feed URL
• bsky parameters for a handle, username, and password
  • Handle is like name.bsky.social
  • Username is the email address associated with the account.
  • Password is your password. If you have a literal quote it can be escaped with a backslash like \"
• sleep - the amount of time to sleep while running