RSS for topics in a category

Creates a new route for category RSS

Author: alxndr

app/controllers/list_controller.rb

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 class ListController < ApplicationController
 
-  before_filter :ensure_logged_in, except: [:index, :category]
+  before_filter :ensure_logged_in, except: [:index, :category, :category_feed]
   skip_before_filter :check_xhr
 
   # Create our filters
@@ -38,15 +38,24 @@ def category
     if params[:category] == Slug.for(SiteSetting.uncategorized_name) or params[:category] == SiteSetting.uncategorized_name
       list = query.list_uncategorized
     else
-      category = Category.where("slug = ? or id = ?", params[:category], params[:category].to_i).includes(:featured_users).first
-      guardian.ensure_can_see!(category)
-      list = query.list_category(category)
+      @category = Category.where("slug = ? or id = ?", params[:category], params[:category].to_i).includes(:featured_users).first
+      guardian.ensure_can_see!(@category)
+      list = query.list_category(@category)
     end
 
     list.more_topics_url = url_for(category_path(params[:category], page: next_page, format: "json"))
     respond(list)
   end
 
+  def category_feed
+    raise Discourse::InvalidParameters.new('Category RSS of "uncategorized"') if params[:category] == Slug.for(SiteSetting.uncategorized_name) || params[:category] == SiteSetting.uncategorized_name
+
+    @category = Category.where("slug = ?", params[:category]).includes(:featured_users).first
+    guardian.ensure_can_see!(@category)
+    @topic_list = TopicQuery.new.list_new_in_category(@category)
+    render 'list', formats: [:rss]
+  end
+
   protected
 
 

app/models/topic.rb

@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ class Topic < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   scope :listable_topics, lambda { where('topics.archetype <> ?', [Archetype.private_message]) }
 
+  scope :by_newest, order('created_at desc, id desc')
+
   # Helps us limit how many favorites can be made in a day
   class FavoriteLimiter < RateLimiter
     def initialize(user)

app/views/list/list.erb

@@ -8,4 +8,10 @@
 <p><a href="<%= @list.more_topics_url.sub('.json?','?') %>"><%= t 'next_page'%></a></p>
 <% end %>
 
-<p><%= t 'powered_by' %></p>
+<p><%= t 'powered_by' %></p>
+
+<% if @category %>
+  <% content_for :head do %>
+    <%= auto_discovery_link_tag(@category, {action: :category_feed, format: :rss}, title: t('rss_topics_in_category', category: @category.name), type: 'application/rss+xml') %>
+  <% end %>
+<% end %>

app/views/list/list.rss.erb

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
+  <channel>
+    <title><%= @category.name %></title>
+    <link><%= Discourse.base_url %>/category/<%= @category.slug %>.rss</link>
+    <description><%= t 'topics_in_category', category: @category.name %><%= @category.description %></description>
+    <atom:link href="<%= Discourse.base_url %>/category/<%= @category.slug %>.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
+    <% @topic_list.topics.each do |topic| %>
+      <item>
+        <title><%= topic.title %></title>
+        <description><![CDATA[
+          <p><%= pluralize(topic.posts_count, 'post') %></p>
+          <p><%= t 'author_wrote', author: topic.posts.first.author_readable %></p>
+          <%= topic.posts.first.cooked.html_safe %>
+        ]]></description>
+        <link><%= Discourse.base_url %><%= topic.relative_url %></link>
+        <pubDate><%= topic.created_at.rfc2822 %></pubDate>
+        <guid><%= Discourse.base_url %><%= topic.relative_url %></guid>
+        <source url="<%= Discourse.base_url %><%= topic.relative_url %>.rss"><%= topic.title %></source>
+      </item>
+    <% end %>
+  </channel>
+</rss>

app/views/topics/show.html.erb

@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@
 <p><%= t 'powered_by' %></p>
 
 <% content_for :head do %>
-  <%= auto_discovery_link_tag(@topic_view, {action: :feed, format: :rss}, title: t('rss_feed', topic: @topic_view.title), type: 'application/rss+xml') %>
+  <%= auto_discovery_link_tag(@topic_view, {action: :feed, format: :rss}, title: t('rss_posts_in_topic', topic: @topic_view.title), type: 'application/rss+xml') %>
 <% end %>

config/locales/server.en.yml

@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ en:
   is_invalid: "is invalid; try to be a little more descriptive"
   next_page: "next page →"
   by: "By"
-  rss_feed: "RSS feed of %{topic}"
+  topics_in_category: "Topics in the '%{category}' category"
+  rss_posts_in_topic: "RSS feed of '%{topic}'"
+  rss_topics_in_category: "RSS feed of topics in the '%{category}' category"
+  author_wrote: "%{author} wrote:"
 
   education:
     until_posts:

config/routes.rb

@@ -137,10 +137,13 @@
   resources :user_actions
   resources :education
 
+  get 'category/:category.rss' => 'list#category_feed', format: :rss, as: 'category_feed'
   get 'category/:category' => 'list#category'
+  get 'category/:category' => 'list#category', as: 'category'
+  get 'category/:category/more' => 'list#category', as: 'category'
+  get 'categories' => 'categories#index'
   get 'popular' => 'list#index'
   get 'popular/more' => 'list#index'
-  get 'categories' => 'categories#index'
   get 'favorited' => 'list#favorited'
   get 'favorited/more' => 'list#favorited'
   get 'read' => 'list#read'
@@ -151,8 +154,6 @@
   get 'new/more' => 'list#new'
   get 'posted' => 'list#posted'
   get 'posted/more' => 'list#posted'
-  get 'category/:category' => 'list#category', as: 'category'
-  get 'category/:category/more' => 'list#category', as: 'category'
 
   get 'search' => 'search#query'
 

lib/topic_query.rb

@@ -114,6 +114,10 @@ def new_count
     new_results(limit: false).count
   end
 
+  def list_new_in_category(category)
+    return_list {|l| l.where(category_id: category.id).by_newest.first(25)}
+  end
+
   protected
 
     def return_list(list_opts={})

spec/components/topic_query_spec.rb

@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@
     it "returns nothing when filtering by another category" do
       topic_query.list_category(Fabricate(:category, name: 'new cat')).topics.should be_blank
     end
+
+    describe '#list_new_in_category' do
+      it 'returns only the categorized topic' do
+        topic_query.list_new_in_category(category).topics.should == [topic_in_cat]
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   context 'unread / read topics' do

spec/controllers/list_controller_spec.rb

@@ -43,6 +43,14 @@
         it { should respond_with(:success) }
       end
 
+      describe 'feed' do
+        it 'renders RSS' do
+          get :category_feed, category: category.slug, format: :rss
+          response.should be_success
+          response.content_type.should == 'application/rss+xml'
+        end
+      end
+
     end
 
     context 'uncategorized' do
@@ -59,8 +67,6 @@
 
     end
 
-
-
   end
 
   context 'favorited' do