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Miniflux filters?

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      I like that Miniflux is now available on Cloudron. However, there's something about this app that I'm struggling a little bit with. The filters; especially the syntax of block and keep rules. I am at a loss on how to implement such filters effectively. The documentation is a stub (for me), but probably more than enough for some of you guys with a better understanding.

      Could anyone be so kind as to give an example on how to write multiple filters for a feed? I would be very grateful for such assistance.

      Example - say I have a newspaper feed I subscribe to, but I am not interested in reading articles with the following characteristics:

      • I want to filter out articles with the word "fashion"
      • I also want to filter out articles with the word "car"
      • Same with articles with the letters "holidayfu" in the headline (to filter out articles holidayfun, holidayfuture etc)
      • I also want to filter out all articles with the numbers between 231-355 in the title
      • And I would love to filter out articles with the words "foo" and "bar" in the subject, even if they don't appear immediately after each other

      I have some (limited) experience with regex filters in TTRSS, and in TTRSS, I would write this as one (or more) filters like this:

      (fashion|car|holidayfu|[2][3-5][1-5]|foo.*bar)

      But I am struggling to understand how to implement such a rule set in Miniflux. Could anyone please give an example? I'd be really grateful.

      Thanks a lot for any and all help, and once again, thanks for what looks like a really cool app!

      Odie

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        You can use this format: (?i)miniflux|mini|flux

        To play with and learn new ones with explanations, use https://regex101.com

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        • O odie

          I like that Miniflux is now available on Cloudron. However, there's something about this app that I'm struggling a little bit with. The filters; especially the syntax of block and keep rules. I am at a loss on how to implement such filters effectively. The documentation is a stub (for me), but probably more than enough for some of you guys with a better understanding.

          Could anyone be so kind as to give an example on how to write multiple filters for a feed? I would be very grateful for such assistance.

          Example - say I have a newspaper feed I subscribe to, but I am not interested in reading articles with the following characteristics:

          • I want to filter out articles with the word "fashion"
          • I also want to filter out articles with the word "car"
          • Same with articles with the letters "holidayfu" in the headline (to filter out articles holidayfun, holidayfuture etc)
          • I also want to filter out all articles with the numbers between 231-355 in the title
          • And I would love to filter out articles with the words "foo" and "bar" in the subject, even if they don't appear immediately after each other

          I have some (limited) experience with regex filters in TTRSS, and in TTRSS, I would write this as one (or more) filters like this:

          (fashion|car|holidayfu|[2][3-5][1-5]|foo.*bar)

          But I am struggling to understand how to implement such a rule set in Miniflux. Could anyone please give an example? I'd be really grateful.

          Thanks a lot for any and all help, and once again, thanks for what looks like a really cool app!

          Odie

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          @odie have you seen https://miniflux.app/docs/rules.html yet?

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            @odie have you seen https://miniflux.app/docs/rules.html yet?

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            @nebulon Thanks, nebulon. Yes I have seen it, this is the documentation that was really confusing for me (but, as I said, I don't really understand how to write regex-filters, I just learned how to do it in TTRSS).

            To illustrate, I understand that (?i)miniflux tells miniflux to ignore (delete, if in the "block rules" part) all articles containing the word minflux (case insensitive). But I struggle with the implications for more rules. And I struggle to understnad why the "?" character is used.

            In my example above, would I be right in assuming that I could add this example to my filters like this?

            ((?i)miniflux|fashion|car|holidayfu|[2][3-5][1-5]|foo.*bar)

            Also, does this mean that in Miniflux, the regex expressions are case sensitive by default? (they aren't in TTRSS).

            Sorry for being a newbie... 🙂

            Odie

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              You can use this format: (?i)miniflux|mini|flux

              To play with and learn new ones with explanations, use https://regex101.com

              Conscious tech

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                @nebulon Thanks, nebulon. Yes I have seen it, this is the documentation that was really confusing for me (but, as I said, I don't really understand how to write regex-filters, I just learned how to do it in TTRSS).

                To illustrate, I understand that (?i)miniflux tells miniflux to ignore (delete, if in the "block rules" part) all articles containing the word minflux (case insensitive). But I struggle with the implications for more rules. And I struggle to understnad why the "?" character is used.

                In my example above, would I be right in assuming that I could add this example to my filters like this?

                ((?i)miniflux|fashion|car|holidayfu|[2][3-5][1-5]|foo.*bar)

                Also, does this mean that in Miniflux, the regex expressions are case sensitive by default? (they aren't in TTRSS).

                Sorry for being a newbie... 🙂

                Odie

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                @odie Thanks. So basically, the same filtering as TTRSS, except everything is one line. Appreciate it!

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                  @odie Thanks. So basically, the same filtering as TTRSS, except everything is one line. Appreciate it!

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                  @odie did this solve your issue in the end?

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                    @odie did this solve your issue in the end?

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                    @nebulon Thanks for following up - hopefully, it will. I haven't had the time to add feeds and test yet. Will report back 🙂

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                      @nebulon Thanks for following up - hopefully, it will. I haven't had the time to add feeds and test yet. Will report back 🙂

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                      @odie said in Miniflux filters?:

                      @nebulon Thanks for following up - hopefully, it will. I haven't had the time to add feeds and test yet. Will report back 🙂

                      It seems filters are working as expected. Thanks a lot! One thing I'd love to see, though... (in Miniflux, not a Cloudron issue). It'd be great to be able to test the filters before turning them on. In TTRS, you can. I experienced how useful that was one time where I forgot to remove a trailing pipe symbol (|)... If I had implemented that filter, all articles would have been deleted...

                      I will post back here if I run into issues.

                      Thanks again.

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                        @odie said in Miniflux filters?:

                        @nebulon Thanks for following up - hopefully, it will. I haven't had the time to add feeds and test yet. Will report back 🙂

                        It seems filters are working as expected. Thanks a lot! One thing I'd love to see, though... (in Miniflux, not a Cloudron issue). It'd be great to be able to test the filters before turning them on. In TTRS, you can. I experienced how useful that was one time where I forgot to remove a trailing pipe symbol (|)... If I had implemented that filter, all articles would have been deleted...

                        I will post back here if I run into issues.

                        Thanks again.

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                        @odie that's a suggestions you can make upstream at the miniflux github repo.

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                          @odie that's a suggestions you can make upstream at the miniflux github repo.

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                          @robi said in Miniflux filters?:

                          @odie that's a suggestions you can make upstream at the miniflux github repo.

                          Good idea. I just did that!

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