RssToMobiService (rtms) is a service (you can treat it as a tool) helps you to fetch RSS and generate mobi file for your kindle device.

• python env (pip)
• redis
• maven
• one of Java's IDEs such as Eclipse, IntelliJ idea (optional)

NOTE

• python env (pip): two script will need python's env (fullTxt and kindlestrip)
• redis: used to store image's json object and cache processed entry desc
• maven: it is necessary that jar will be built with it
• Java's IDE: can help you edit some config item and code, it depends on yourself.

assume that you have installed those dependencies.

• enter your-local-repository

cd RssToMobiService/src/main/resources/

• modify some config file. mail.properties and feedlinks.txt must be modified generally. Check it one by one!

• run dispatch script

(sudo) sh dispatch.sh

• return to project's root dir and build && generate jar file

mvn assembly:assembly

• init python script's dependency packages

(sudo) pip install feedparser
(sudo) pip install readability-lxml

• start redis server (command see resources/redisMaintain.sh)

• goto target dir && execute jar

java -jar RssToMobiService-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar

NOTE

• you must goto amazon's website to set your kindle's receive-email
• you should change the feedlinks.txt's rss url
• these are apse some config items about mobi file you should pay attention to (rtms.properites)

• you can make it as a deamon daily service.
• optimize entry fetch/parse and image download

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