freshrss

FreshRSS

Query headlines from a self-hosted FreshRSS instance via the Google Reader compatible API.

Setup

Set these environment variables:

export FRESHRSS_URL="https://your-freshrss-instance.com"
export FRESHRSS_USER="your-username"
export FRESHRSS_API_PASSWORD="your-api-password"

API password is set in FreshRSS → Settings → Profile → API Management.

Commands

Get latest headlines

{baseDir}/scripts/freshrss.sh headlines --count 10

Get headlines from the last N hours

{baseDir}/scripts/freshrss.sh headlines --hours 2

Get headlines from a specific category

{baseDir}/scripts/freshrss.sh headlines --category "Technology" --count 15

Get only unread headlines

{baseDir}/scripts/freshrss.sh headlines --unread --count 20

Combine filters

{baseDir}/scripts/freshrss.sh headlines --category "News" --hours 4 --count 10 --unread

List categories

{baseDir}/scripts/freshrss.sh categories

List feeds

{baseDir}/scripts/freshrss.sh feeds

Output

Headlines are formatted as:

[date] [source] Title
  URL
  Categories: cat1, cat2

Notes

• Default count is 20 headlines if not specified
• Time filtering uses --hours for relative time (e.g., last 2 hours)
• Category names are case-sensitive and must match your FreshRSS categories
• Use categories command first to see available category names