courtrss

CourtRSS 📡

Most federal district courts have RSS feeds with updates on their latest docket entries. CourtRSS makes it easy to stay informed in real-time by polling these and searching for keywords that interest you. If a match is found, CourtRSS displays an alert window or sends a message through Discord webhooks.

Features 🚀

• Monitor multiple RSS feeds: Add as many RSS feeds as you like and track them all.
• Customizable keyword search: Define keywords to trigger notifications based on the feed content.
• Multiple notification methods:
  • A full-screen green window with a clickable link.
  • Discord webhook notifications.
• Retry logic for failed feed fetches (with configurable retry attempts and intervals).
• Easy configuration through a YAML file or CLI arguments.

How It Works 👇

You can install CourtRSS directly from PyPI:

pip install courtrss

Usage 🎯

Once installed, you can run CourtRSS in two ways:

1. Using a YAML Configuration File

This is the easiest and most flexible option. Here's how you can set it up:

rss_urls:
  - https://example.com/rss_feed_1
  - https://example.com/rss_feed_2

keywords:
  - "Neonode"
  - "Tapestry"

interval: 60  # Time interval between feed checks in seconds
retries: 3    # How many times to retry fetching a failed feed
retry_interval: 20  # How long to wait between retries in seconds

notifications:
  - type: window_notification
  - type: discord_webhook
    webhook_url: https://discord.com/api/webhooks/your_webhook_url_here

To run CourtRSS with this config, just call it with the --config argument:

courtrss --config /path/to/config.yaml

2. Using CLI Arguments

If you prefer the command line, you can directly pass RSS URLs and keywords as comma-separated arguments. Like this:

courtrss --rss_urls "https://example.com/rss1,https://example.com/rss2" --keywords "Neonode,Tapestry" --interval 60 --retries 3 --retry_interval 20

This will check the provided feeds every 60 seconds, retry up to 3 times on failure, and notify you about matching entries.

Examples 🎉

Example 1: Court RSS Monitoring with Green Window Notification

Let’s say you want to monitor a couple of court RSS feeds for the keywords "Apple" and "Cisco", and get notified via the full-screen green window:

rss_urls:
  - https://court.example.com/rss_feed_1
  - https://court.example.com/rss_feed_2

keywords:
  - "Apple"
  - "Cisco"

interval: 60

notifications:
  - type: window_notification

Run it like this:

courtrss --config court_monitor.yaml

Every time a keyword match is found, you’ll get a big, green window notifying you about it!

Example 2: Monitoring with Discord Webhook Notifications

You can send the notifications straight to your Discord server. Set up your config.yaml like this:

rss_urls:
  - https://court.example.com/rss_feed_1
  - https://court.example.com/rss_feed_2

keywords:
  - "Verdict"
  - "Sentencing"

interval: 120  # Every 2 minutes

notifications:
  - type: discord_webhook
    webhook_url: https://discord.com/api/webhooks/your_webhook_url_here

Now, CourtRSS will send you messages in your Discord channel whenever a match occurs.

Configuration Options 🔧

• rss_urls: List of RSS feed URLs you want to monitor.
• keywords: Keywords that will trigger notifications if found in the feed title or summary.
• interval: Time interval (in seconds) between checks. Default is 60 seconds.
• retries: Number of retries if fetching the feed fails (e.g., server issues). Default is 3 retries.
• retry_interval: Time (in seconds) between retries. Default is 60 seconds.
• notifications: List of notification methods:
  • type: Notification type, either window_notification or discord_webhook.
  • webhook_url: (Only for Discord) The URL of the Discord webhook.

Why CourtRSS? 🤷

• Real-time notifications: Stay updated as soon as new information comes in.
• Customizable alerts: Choose between a big, eye-catching green window or a subtle Discord message.
• Reliable: Built-in retry mechanism ensures you’re not missing anything if a feed is temporarily down.