Libra Colour A RSS converter(?) for Kobo eReader

[PamGaoshow]

For someone who is new to the Kobo e-reader, I still don't think there is any way to compare the Kobo to the Kindle. I previously used a Kindle Oasis 3 with LTE, and connecting to the internet anytime and anywhere allows me to access fresh information often. But since I switched to Kobo, I don't have access to the internet during my commute to and from work, but I still want to read news and information. So I tried to write a Python script to fetch 5 recent articles under each RSS link and turn them into ePub files to display on my desktop.


Click on the link below to see how to install it:
https://github.com/IcingTomato/Kobo-...ster/README.md

It looks like I don't have a way to upload attachments yet, so I'll post the GitHub link here:
https://github.com/IcingTomato/Kobo-RSS/releases

[PamGaoshow]

The effect is as follows:

[fdread]

Looks great, I will give it a try!

It is resource intensive to create such ePub directly on the Kobo Libra?

[PamGaoshow]

Originally Posted by fdread

Looks great, I will give it a try!

It is resource intensive to create such ePub directly on the Kobo Libra?

Yes, I’m building the ePub files directly on the Libra Colour.
I’ve tried using 10 RSS feeds, each fetching 10 articles, and the maximum memory usage was only around 120MB.
On Linux systems, Buffers and Cache might consume a lot of memory resources, so I added two lines in NickelMenu to check memory usage and to clear the Buffer and Cache.

menu_item : main : Memory Usage : cmd_output : 500 : free -m | awk 'NR==2{printf "Used: %dMB\nBuff/Cache: %dMB\nAvailable: %dMB\n", $3, $6, $7}'
menu_item : main : Clear Memory : cmd_output : 500 : sync && echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches && free -m | awk 'NR==2{printf "Used: %dMB\nBuff/Cache: %dMB\nAvailable: %dMB\n", $3, $6, $7}'

By the way, this script can also run on a server. I'm also exploring whether it can be deployed to Google App Engine to automatically push to Google Drive. That way, it can be used without jailbreaking, although it would still require an internet connection.

[denilsonsa]

Hello!

It is normal to have buffers/cache consume a lot of memory on Linux systems. That's expected behavior. Such memory is being used to speed up your system, and the space used by buffers/cache is automatically freed when the system needs more memory for something else. Thus, I don't understand why would you want to manually force the system to drop its cached data.

Also, KOReader has a built-in RSS feed that works pretty much in a similar way to the tool you wrote. It can fetch the last "n" articles of each feed, and download them and save them as EPUBs locally. (I've used that on an old Kindle device, I'm assuming this feature is also available on KOReader for Kobo.)

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by PamGaoshow

By the way, this script can also run on a server. I'm also exploring whether it can be deployed to Google App Engine to automatically push to Google Drive. That way, it can be used without jailbreaking, although it would still require an internet connection.

Out of curiosity, how do you jailbreak a Kobo ereader? Inquiring minds are eager to know.

[PeterT]

There is no real need to jailbreak a Kobo. Mods / Updates are normally installed via a custom KoboRoot.tgz file (compressed tar file) copied to the devices .kobo directory when attached via USB. The contents of this file will be extracted by the device.