# now-updater Automatically updates your omg.lol Now page with your latest activity. > Fork of [melanie/now-updater](https://source.tube/melanie/now-updater) with added support for HTML output links, Mastodon, Last.fm, and dynamic URLs. Demo: [dylan.omg.lol/now](https://dylan.omg.lol/now) ## How It Works Fetches content from RSS feeds, JSON feeds, and different services (Letterboxd, Trakt, Mastodon, Last.fm) and updates HTML or markdown links on your Now page. Runs every 3 hours via Forgejo Actions, only updating your page when changes are detected. ### Example Your Now page links will be automatically updated from this: **HTML links** (before): ```html tktk ``` **Markdown links** (before): ```markdown [tktk](https://your-blog.com) ``` to this: **HTML links** (after): ```html My Latest Post ``` **Markdown links** (after): ```markdown [My Latest Post](https://your-blog.com/2025/12/my-latest-post) ``` ## Setup 1. Fork this repo 2. Enable Actions in repo settings 3. Add Actions variables: `OMGLOL_USERNAME` (your omg.lol username) 4. Add Actions secrets: `OMGLOL_KEY` (your API key), `TRAKT_SLURM` (optional, see [Trakt](#trakt) for details) 5. Add your sources in `config.js` For local development, copy `.env.example` to `.env` with your credentials. ## Basic Example **Now page template:** ```html I wrote this: [tktk](https://your-blog.com) I watched this: [tktk](trakt.tv/users/username) ``` **config.js:** ```js export const linkFormat = 'html' export const items = [ { id: 'blog', regex: htmlLinkRegex('your-blog.com'), getLatest: async () => getJsonFeedItemTitle('https://your-blog.com/feed.json'), }, { id: 'letterboxd', regex: htmlLinkRegex('letterboxd.com/username'), getLatest: async () => getLetterboxdActivity('username', true), // with image }, { id: 'trakt-movie', regex: htmlLinkRegex('trakt.tv/users/username'), getLatest: async () => getTraktMovie('username', 'your-trakt-id', false), // text only }, ] ``` ## Configuration Edit `config.js` to define your content sources. Each item needs: - `id`: identifier for logs - `regex`: pattern to match your link - `getLatest`: async function that fetches and returns latest content Set `linkFormat` to `'html'` or `'markdown'` depending on your Now page format. ## Available Functions - `getRSSItemTitle(feedUrl)` - Standard RSS feeds - `getJsonFeedItemTitle(feedUrl, showImage)` - JSON feeds - `getLetterboxdActivity(username, showImage)` - Letterboxd activity - `getTraktEpisode(username, id, showImage)` - Latest TV episode - `getTraktMovie(username, id, showImage)` - Latest movie - `getTraktEpisodeAndMovie(username, id, showImage)` - Latest episode and movie combined - `getMastodonPost(feedUrl)` - Latest non-reply Mastodon post - `getMalojaScrobble(url)` - Latest music scrobble from [maloja](https://github.com/krateng/maloja) **Note:** `showImage` (defaults to `true`) controls whether images/posters are included in the output. Set it to `false` to show text only. ## Trakt To get your Trakt slurm key, follow these steps: 1. Go to your History page on Trakt: `https://trakt.tv/users/your-username/history` 2. There should be an RSS feed icon on the top right of the page. Click it. 3. The URL it shows will look something like this: `https://trakt.tv/users/crankle/history.atom?slurm=your-slurm-key` 4. Copy the `slurm` value from the URL and add it as a secret in your Actions settings named `TRAKT_SLURM`. There may be a better way to get this key, but this is how I found it. ## Credits Original project by [melanie kat](https://source.tube/melanie/now-updater). Without her work, this fork would not exist. ## Support Did you find this useful like I did? Melanie asks that you donate to [Trans Lifeline](https://translifeline.org) or [The Trevor Project](https://thetrevorproject.org) if you can. I will also add [Belong To](https://www.belongto.org) to that list.