feat: trying a funky way of doing RSS

astro.config.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import expressiveCode from "astro-expressive-code";
 import { defineConfig } from "astro/config";
 
 import markdoc from "@astrojs/markdoc";
+import { rename } from "fs/promises";
 
 // https://astro.build/config
 export default defineConfig({
@@ -24,5 +25,20 @@ export default defineConfig({
 		markdoc({
 			allowHTML: true,
 		}),
+		{
+			name: "RSS Generator",
+			hooks: {
+				"astro:build:done": async (options) => {
+					const rssPages = options.pages.filter((page) => page.pathname.includes("rss"));
+
+					for (const { pathname: rssPage } of rssPages) {
+						await rename(
+							new URL(`${rssPage}index.html`, options.dir),
+							new URL(`${rssPage}index.xml`, options.dir),
+						);
+					}
+				},
+			},
+		},
 	],
 });

src/pages/rss/blog.astro

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+---
+export const partial = true;
+
+import { getCollection } from "astro:content";
+import { getBaseSiteURL, getURLFromEntry } from "$utils";
+
+const articles = await getCollection("blog");
+
+function makeIntro() {
+	return `<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
+      <channel>
+        <title>My Blog</title>
+        <link>https://astro.build/blog</link>
+        <description>My blog about Astro</description>
+        <language>en</language>
+        <lastBuildDate>${new Date().toUTCString()}</lastBuildDate>
+  `.trim();
+}
+
+function makeOutro() {
+	return `
+      </channel>
+    </rss>
+  `.trim();
+}
+---
+
+<Fragment set:html={makeIntro()} />
+{
+	articles.map(async (article) => {
+		const start = `\t<item>
+      <title>${article.data.title}</title>
+      <link>${getBaseSiteURL().slice(0, -1)}${getURLFromEntry(article)}</link>
+      <description>${article.data.tagline}</description>
+      <pubDate>${new Date(article.data.date).toUTCString()}</pubDate>
+      <content:encoded><![CDATA[`.trim();
+		const end = `]]></content:encoded>
+    </item>\n`.trim();
+
+		const { Content } = await article.render();
+
+		return (
+			<>
+				<Fragment set:html={start} />
+				<Content />
+				<Fragment set:html={end} />
+			</>
+		);
+	})
+}
+<Fragment set:html={makeOutro()} />