netlify-plugin-fetch-feeds

Netlify Plugin - Fetch Feeds

This plugin adds the ability to source content from remote feeds including RSS and JSON, and cache them between builds.

Overview

This plugin requests data from the RSS and JSON resources that you specify. It will save this data as JSON in the Netlify build cache and only re-request each feed after a specified time-to-live value has elapsed. Requests are skipped harmlessly if data for a feed was previously cached, adding greater resilience to builds which depend on remote data.

Configure this plugin to present the gathered data in the appropriate location, so your chosen static site generator can leverage it during the build.

Demonstration

See this plugin being used in this simplified demo site: https://demo-plugin-fetch-feeds.netlify.app/

Installation

To include this plugin in your site deployment:

1. Add the plugin as a dependency

# Add the plugin as a dependency of your build
npm i --s netlify-plugin-fetch-feeds

2. Add the plugin and its options to your netlify.toml

This plugin will fetch the specified feeds and stash their data prior to the execution of the build command you have specified in your Netlify configuration. The desired feeds can be specified in the netlify.toml config file.

# Config for the Netlify Build Plugin: netlify-plugin-fetch-feeds
[[plugins]]
  package = "netlify-plugin-fetch-feeds"

  [plugins.inputs]
    # Where should data files reside
    dataDir = "site/_data"

    # All the feeds we wish to gather for use in the build

    [[plugins.inputs.feeds]]
      name = "hawksworx"
      url = "https://hawksworx.com/feed.json"
      ttl = 3600
    [[plugins.inputs.feeds]]
      name = "netlify"
      url = "https://www.netlify.com/blog/index.xml"
      ttl = 86400

Quick try-out

You can try out this plugin by deploying a simple site which uses it.

Clicking the button below will clone a test site repo, setup a new site on Netlify and deploy the site complete with the plugin configured and operational.