FreshRSS
Query headlines from a self-hosted FreshRSS instance via the Google Reader compatible API.
Setup
Set these environment variables:
export FRESHRSS_URL="https://your-freshrss-instance.com"
export FRESHRSS_USER="your-username"
export FRESHRSS_API_PASSWORD="your-api-password"API password is set in FreshRSS → Settings → Profile → API Management.
Commands
Get latest headlines
{baseDir}/scripts/freshrss.sh headlines --count 10Get headlines from the last N hours
{baseDir}/scripts/freshrss.sh headlines --hours 2Get headlines from a specific category
{baseDir}/scripts/freshrss.sh headlines --category "Technology" --count 15Get only unread headlines
{baseDir}/scripts/freshrss.sh headlines --unread --count 20Combine filters
{baseDir}/scripts/freshrss.sh headlines --category "News" --hours 4 --count 10 --unreadList categories
{baseDir}/scripts/freshrss.sh categoriesList feeds
{baseDir}/scripts/freshrss.sh feedsOutput
Headlines are formatted as:
[date] [source] Title
URL
Categories: cat1, cat2Notes
- Default count is 20 headlines if not specified
- Time filtering uses
--hoursfor relative time (e.g., last 2 hours) - Category names are case-sensitive and must match your FreshRSS categories
- Use
categoriescommand first to see available category names