RSS to Telegram

A Firebase Functions application that automatically fetches RSS feeds and forwards new entries to a Telegram channel.

Features

• Scheduled hourly RSS feed fetching
• Storage of feed entries in Firestore database
• Automatic forwarding of new entries to a Telegram channel

Requirements

• Firebase project with Firestore database
• Python 3.x
• Telegram bot token and channel
• RSS feed URL

Setup

1. Clone this repository
2. Install Firebase CLI: npm install -g firebase-tools
3. Login to Firebase: firebase login
4. Copy the environment variables file:

   cp .env.example .env

5. Edit .env with your configuration values:
   • TELEGRAM_TOKEN: Your Telegram bot token
   • TELEGRAM_CHANNEL: Your Telegram channel ID (e.g., @yourchannel)
   • RSS_FEED: URL of the RSS feed to monitor

Deployment

1. Create a project in Firebase console
2. Create a firestore db for the project
3. Init project locally: firebase init (add repo to your created project)
4. Deploy to Firebase: firebase deploy

Local Development

Set up Python environment:

cd functions
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

Run the Firebase emulators:

firebase emulators:start

This will start the Firebase Functions emulator on port 5001 and the Firestore emulator on port 8080.