#!/bin/bash
# Arch Linux News Notifier
# Fetches latest news from Arch Linux RSS feed and shows notifications for new items
# Configuration
RSS_URL="https://archlinux.org/feeds/news/"
CACHE_FILE="$HOME/.cache/arch-news-seen"
TEMP_FILE="/tmp/arch-news-latest"
ICON_NORMAL="/usr/share/pixmaps/tabler--coffee.svg"
ICON_URGENT="/usr/share/pixmaps/charm--circle-warning.svg"
# Create cache directory if it doesn't existnClick to open:
mkdir -p "$(dirname "$CACHE_FILE")"
# Function to extract and format news items
parse_rss() {
# Debug: show what we're working with
if [[ "$DEBUG" == "1" ]]; then
echo "=== DEBUG: RSS file content preview ===" >&2
head -20 "$TEMP_FILE" >&2
echo "=== END DEBUG ===" >&2
fi
if command -v xmllint >/dev/null 2>&1; then
# Use xmllint to extract items properly
xmllint --xpath "//item[position()<=5]" "$TEMP_FILE" 2>/dev/null |
sed 's||\n|g' |
sed 's||\n|g' |
grep -A 20 '' |
awk -v RS='' '
// {
title = ""; link = ""; pubdate = ""
# Extract title
if (match($0, /]*>([^<]*)<\/title>/, arr)) {
title = arr[1]
gsub(/>/, ">", title)
gsub(/</, "<", title)
gsub(/&/, "&", title)
}
# Extract link (not atom:link)
if (match($0, /([^<]*)<\/link>/, arr)) {
link = arr[1]
}
# Extract pubDate
if (match($0, /([^<]*)<\/pubDate>/, arr)) {
pubdate = arr[1]
}
if (title && link && pubdate) {
print pubdate "|" title "|" link
}
}'
else
# Fallback: simple grep approach
local temp_items="/tmp/arch-items-$"
# Extract each item block
awk '//,/<\/item>/' "$TEMP_FILE" >"$temp_items"
# Process with simple pattern matching
while IFS= read -r line; do
if [[ "$line" =~ \([^<]*)\ ]]; then
title="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
title="${title//>/>}"
title="${title//</<}"
title="${title//&/&}"
elif [[ "$line" =~ \([^<]*)\ ]] && [[ ! "$line" =~ atom:link ]]; then
link="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
elif [[ "$line" =~ \([^<]*)\ ]]; then
pubdate="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
# When we have all three, output and reset
if [[ -n "$title" && -n "$link" && -n "$pubdate" ]]; then
echo "$pubdate|$title|$link"
title=""
link=""
pubdate=""
fi
fi
done <"$temp_items"
rm -f "$temp_items"
fi
}
# Function to send notification
send_notification() {
local title="$1"
local body="$2"
local url="$3"
# Determine urgency level based on content
local urgency="normal"
local icon=$ICON_NORMAL
# Check for urgent intervention keywords (case insensitive)
if echo "$title $body" | grep -qi "\(manual intervention\|action required\|breaking change\|immediate action\|urgent\|critical\|important.*update\|requires.*intervention\)"; then
urgency="critical"
icon=$ICON_URGENT
fi
# Send notification with appropriate urgency
notify-send \
--urgency="$urgency" \
--app-name="Arch News" \
--icon="$icon" \
--expire-time=20000 \
"$title" \
"$body\n$url"
# Debug output
if [[ "$DEBUG" == "1" ]]; then
echo "=== DEBUG: Notification sent ===" >&2
echo "Title: $title" >&2
echo "Urgency: $urgency" >&2
echo "Reason: $(echo "$title $body" | grep -i "\(manual intervention\|action required\|breaking change\|immediate action\|urgent\|critical\|important.*update\|requires.*intervention\)" || echo "normal news")" >&2
echo "=== END DEBUG ===" >&2
fi
}
# Main execution
main() {
# Parse command line options
local force_show=false
local show_latest=false
while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
case $1 in
--force)
force_show=true
shift
;;
--show-latest)
show_latest=true
shift
;;
--clear-cache)
rm -f "$CACHE_FILE"
echo "Cache cleared"
exit 0
;;
--help | -h)
echo "Usage: $0 [options]"
echo "Options:"
echo " --force Show notifications for latest news even if already seen"
echo " --show-latest Show notification for the latest news item only"
echo " --clear-cache Clear the seen items cache"
echo " --help Show this help message"
exit 0
;;
*)
echo "Unknown option: $1" >&2
exit 1
;;
esac
done
# Check if required tools are available
if ! command -v xmllint >/dev/null 2>&1; then
echo "Error: xmllint is required (install libxml2-utils)" >&2
exit 1
fi
if ! command -v notify-send >/dev/null 2>&1; then
echo "Error: notify-send is required" >&2
exit 1
fi
# Fetch RSS feed
if ! curl -s --max-time 30 "$RSS_URL" >"$TEMP_FILE"; then
echo "Error: Failed to fetch RSS feed" >&2
exit 1
fi
# Debug: Check if file was created and has content
if [[ "$DEBUG" == "1" ]]; then
echo "=== DEBUG: Temp file info ===" >&2
ls -la "$TEMP_FILE" >&2
echo "First few lines:" >&2
head -5 "$TEMP_FILE" >&2
echo "=== END DEBUG ===" >&2
fi
# Check if file is not empty
if [[ ! -s "$TEMP_FILE" ]]; then
echo "Error: RSS feed is empty" >&2
exit 1
fi
# Create cache file if it doesn't exist
[[ ! -f "$CACHE_FILE" ]] && touch "$CACHE_FILE"
# Parse RSS and check for new items
local new_items=0
local items_processed=0
# Debug: show all parsed items
if [[ "$DEBUG" == "1" ]]; then
echo "=== DEBUG: All parsed RSS items ===" >&2
parse_rss | nl >&2
echo "=== END DEBUG ===" >&2
fi
while IFS='|' read -r pubdate title link; do
[[ -z "$title" ]] && continue
((items_processed++))
# Create a unique identifier for this news item
local item_id=$(echo "$title$pubdate" | md5sum | cut -d' ' -f1)
# Show latest item only if requested
if [[ "$show_latest" == true && $items_processed -eq 1 ]]; then
local formatted_date=$(date -d "$pubdate" "+%d.%m.%Y" 2>/dev/null || echo "Recent")
send_notification "$title" "Published: $formatted_date" "$link"
echo "$item_id" >>"$CACHE_FILE"
((new_items++))
break
fi
# Check if we've already seen this item (or force showing)
if [[ "$force_show" == true ]] || ! grep -q "$item_id" "$CACHE_FILE"; then
# New item found - send notification
local formatted_date=$(date -d "$pubdate" "+%d.%m.%Y" 2>/dev/null || echo "Recent")
send_notification "$title" "Published: $formatted_date" "$link"
# Mark as seen (only if not forcing)
if [[ "$force_show" == false ]]; then
echo "$item_id" >>"$CACHE_FILE"
fi
((new_items++))
# Add delay between notifications for better mako stacking
[[ $new_items -gt 1 ]] && sleep 1.5
fi
done < <(parse_rss)
# Clean up
rm -f "$TEMP_FILE"
# Limit cache file size (keep last 100 entries)
if [[ -f "$CACHE_FILE" ]]; then
tail -100 "$CACHE_FILE" >"$CACHE_FILE.tmp" && mv "$CACHE_FILE.tmp" "$CACHE_FILE"
fi
echo "Checked Arch Linux news - $new_items new items found"
}
# Run main function
main "$@"