Johnny-RSS-bot

Multi-feed Discord RSS bot with per-feed intervals, admin controls and rotating logs.

Features

• Multiple RSS feeds
• Custom feed names
• Per-feed check interval (min 60s, max 86400s)
• Rate limited (max 5 posts per check)
• Admin-only feed management
• Rotating logs
• SQLite database (johnny.db)

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Requirements

• Python 3.10+
• discord.py
• feedparser
• beautifulsoup4
• python-dotenv

Install dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Setup

1. Clone repository
2. Create .env file:

DISCORD_TOKEN=your_bot_token_here
DB_FILE=johnny.db

3. Run the bot

python johnny.py

Commands

Admin Only

/addfeed name rss_url channel interval_seconds

/editfeed name [new_url] [new_channel] [new_interval]

/removefeed name

Available to everyone

/listfeeds

/latest name count

/latest is limited to 5 items.

Database

The bot uses SQLite (johnny.db) and creates the table automatically on first run.

Logging

Logs are written to:

logs/johnny.log

Rotating:

• Rotates at midnight
• Keeps 14 days of history
• Active log: johnny.log
• Archived logs: johnny_YYYYMMDD.log

Production Notes

Minimum interval: 60 seconds Maximum interval: 86400 seconds (24h) Max 5 posts per feed check Loop runs every 30 seconds