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Review the documentation below and follow any custom installation steps. If no install steps are listed, most Splunk Apps and Add-ons can be installed as follows:

Windows: Decompress the downloaded file using a tool like 7-Zip and place the resulting folder into %PROGRAMFILES%\Splunk\etc\apps. Then restart Splunk using the splunk restart command or the GUI.

Unix/Linux: Decompress the downloaded file using a tool like tar -xvf and place the resulting folder into $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps. Then restart Splunk using the splunk restart command or the GUI.

This is a simple add-on to take the content of any RSS feed and index it's metadata (date, title, link, and description) into Splunk. A scripted input calls rssjava.sh (or rssjava.bat) every 1800 seconds seconds, which in turn, calls the supplied Java program, Feeds.java to gather the rss feeds. RSS feeds are supplied via a file passed on the command line. A sample file, feeds.txt, is provided for testing. You can modify that file and add your own feeds. This program uses the open source RssParser.java provided by a 3rd party acknowledged in the README.txt.

To Install, read the README.txt. This program was written for all those who want to use Java for reading RSS inputs in Java instead of using the Python version, which is also on Splunkbase.
The program also uses the Beta version of the Splunk Java SDK (included jar) to check for duplicate links before indexing a feed entry.