Added configurable interval between posts to prevent flooding and to allow compliance with newsbots.eu.

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.6)
 project (mastorss
-         VERSION 0.7.7
+         VERSION 0.8.0
          LANGUAGES CXX
 )
 

src/config.cpp

@@ -156,6 +156,18 @@ std::uint16_t read_config(string &instance, string &access_token, string &feedur
         config[profile]["append"] = append;
         config_changed = true;
     }
+    if (config[profile]["interval"].isNull())
+    {
+        string interval;
+        cout << "Interval between posts in seconds [60]: ";
+        cin >> interval;
+        if (interval.empty())
+        {
+            interval = "60";
+        }
+        config[profile]["interval"] = std::stoul(interval);
+        config_changed = true;
+    }
     if (config_changed)
     {
         write_config();

src/mastorss.cpp

@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ using std::cout;
 using std::cerr;
 using std::cin;
 using std::string;
+using std::this_thread::sleep_for;
+using std::chrono::seconds;
 
 // Initialize global variables
 std::uint16_t max_size = 500;
@@ -70,7 +72,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         std::cerr << answer << '\n';
         return ret;
     }
-    entries = parse_website(answer);
+    entries = parse_feed(answer);
 
     string last_entry = config[profile]["last_entry"].asString();
     if (last_entry.empty())
@@ -114,7 +116,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
             return ret;
         }
 
-        std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(2));
+        sleep_for(seconds(config[profile]["interval"].asUInt64()));
     }
 
     // Write the new last_entry only if no error happened.

src/mastorss.hpp

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ extern std::string profile;
 std::uint16_t read_config(string &instance, string &access_token, string &feedurl);
 const bool write_config();
 
-std::vector<Mastodon::Easy::Status> parse_website(const string &xml);
+std::vector<Mastodon::Easy::Status> parse_feed(const string &xml);
 void individual_fixes(string &str);
 
 const std::uint16_t http_get(const string &feedurl,

src/parse.cpp

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ using std::cerr;
 using std::string;
 namespace pt = boost::property_tree;
 
-std::vector<Mastodon::Easy::Status> parse_website(const string &xml)
+std::vector<Mastodon::Easy::Status> parse_feed(const string &xml)
 {
     Json::Value list;
     std::vector<string> watchwords;