fetcher.js

/* Magic Mirror
 * Module: MMMT-NewsFeed (Magic Mirror Module Touch)
 *
 * By Morten Birkelund
 * Based on the work of Michael Teeuw http://michaelteeuw.nl
 * MIT Licensed.
 */

var FeedMe = require("feedme");
var request = require("request");
var iconv = require("iconv-lite");

/* Fetcher
 * Responsible for requesting an update on the set interval and broadcasting the data.
 *
 * attribute url string - URL of the news feed.
 * attribute reloadInterval number - Reload interval in milliseconds.
 */

var Fetcher = function(url, reloadInterval, encoding) {
	var self = this;
	if (reloadInterval < 1000) {
		reloadInterval = 1000;
	}

	var reloadTimer = null;
	var items = [];

	var fetchFailedCallback = function() {};
	var itemsReceivedCallback = function() {};

	/* private methods */

	/* fetchNews()
	 * Request the new items.
	 */

	var fetchNews = function() {
		clearTimeout(reloadTimer);
		reloadTimer = null;
		items = [];

		var parser = new FeedMe();

		parser.on("item", function(item) {

			var title = item.title;
			var description = item.description || item.summary || item.content || "";
			var pubdate = item.pubdate || item.published || item.updated;
			var url = item.url || item.link || "";

			if (title && pubdate) {

				var regex = /(<([^>]+)>)/ig;
				description = description.replace(regex, "");

				items.push({
					title: title,
					description: description,
					pubdate: pubdate,
					url: url,
				});

			} else {

				// console.log("Can't parse feed item:");
				// console.log(item);
				// console.log('Title: ' + title);
				// console.log('Description: ' + description);
				// console.log('Pubdate: ' + pubdate);

			}
		});

		parser.on("end", function() {
			self.broadcastItems();
			scheduleTimer();
		});

		parser.on("error", function(error) {
			fetchFailedCallback(self, error);
			scheduleTimer();
		});


		nodeVersion = Number(process.version.match(/^v(\d+\.\d+)/)[1]);
		headers =  {"User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Node.js "+ nodeVersion + ") MagicMirror/"  + global.version +  " (https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/)"}

		request({uri: url, encoding: null, headers: headers}).pipe(iconv.decodeStream(encoding)).pipe(parser);

	};

	/* scheduleTimer()
	 * Schedule the timer for the next update.
	 */

	var scheduleTimer = function() {
		//console.log('Schedule update timer.');
		clearTimeout(reloadTimer);
		reloadTimer = setTimeout(function() {
			fetchNews();
		}, reloadInterval);
	};

	/* public methods */

	/* setReloadInterval()
	 * Update the reload interval, but only if we need to increase the speed.
	 *
	 * attribute interval number - Interval for the update in milliseconds.
	 */
	this.setReloadInterval = function(interval) {
		if (interval > 1000 && interval < reloadInterval) {
			reloadInterval = interval;
		}
	};

	/* startFetch()
	 * Initiate fetchNews();
	 */
	this.startFetch = function() {
		fetchNews();
	};

	/* broadcastItems()
	 * Broadcast the existing items.
	 */
	this.broadcastItems = function() {
		if (items.length <= 0) {
			//console.log('No items to broadcast yet.');
			return;
		}
		//console.log('Broadcasting ' + items.length + ' items.');
		itemsReceivedCallback(self);
	};

	this.onReceive = function(callback) {
		itemsReceivedCallback = callback;
	};

	this.onError = function(callback) {
		fetchFailedCallback = callback;
	};

	this.url = function() {
		return url;
	};

	this.items = function() {
		return items;
	};
};

module.exports = Fetcher;