add rss feed

app.js

@@ -255,6 +255,46 @@ app.get('/sitemap.xml', (req, res) => {
     res.send(sitemap);
 });
 
+// RSS Feed Route
+app.get('/rss', (req, res) => {
+    const hostname = req.headers.host || 'http://localhost'; // Adjust for production if needed
+    const blogFiles = fs.readdirSync(path.join(__dirname, 'markdown')).filter(file => file.endsWith('.md'));
+
+    // Build RSS feed
+    let rssFeed = `<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>\n<rss version="2.0">\n<channel>\n`;
+    rssFeed += `<title>Raven Scott Blog</title>\n`;
+    rssFeed += `<link>https://${hostname}</link>\n`;
+    rssFeed += `<description>This is the RSS feed for Raven Scott's blog.</description>\n`;
+
+    // Generate RSS items for each blog post
+    blogFiles.forEach(file => {
+        const title = file.replace('.md', '');
+        const slug = titleToSlug(title);
+
+        // Get the last modified date of the markdown file
+        const stats = fs.statSync(path.join(__dirname, 'markdown', file));
+        const lastModifiedDate = new Date(stats.mtime).toUTCString(); // Use UTC date for RSS
+
+        // Load and parse markdown content to extract a lead or description
+        const { lead } = loadMarkdownWithLead(file);
+
+        // RSS item for each post
+        rssFeed += `<item>\n`;
+        rssFeed += `<title>${title}</title>\n`;
+        rssFeed += `<link>https://${hostname}/blog/${slug}</link>\n`;
+        rssFeed += `<description>${lead || 'Read the full post on the blog.'}</description>\n`;
+        rssFeed += `<pubDate>${lastModifiedDate}</pubDate>\n`;
+        rssFeed += `<guid>https://${hostname}/blog/${slug}</guid>\n`;
+        rssFeed += `</item>\n`;
+    });
+
+    rssFeed += `</channel>\n</rss>`;
+
+    // Set content type to XML and send the RSS feed
+    res.header('Content-Type', 'application/rss+xml');
+    res.send(rssFeed);
+});
+
 // Global 404 handler for any other unmatched routes
 app.use((req, res) => {
     res.redirect('/'); // Redirect to the home page for any 404 error

package.json

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
     "express": "^4.21.0",
     "highlight.js": "^11.10.0",
     "marked": "^14.1.2",
-    "nodemailer": "^6.9.15"
+    "nodemailer": "^6.9.15",
+    "rss": "^1.2.2"
   }
 }