From a264fbea00831d8094cefabf690eeded81adbfd6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: h7x4 <h7x4@nani.wtf>
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2025 23:04:21 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] newsboat: add timer unit for automatically fetching articles

---
 modules/programs/newsboat.nix | 55 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 55 insertions(+)

diff --git a/modules/programs/newsboat.nix b/modules/programs/newsboat.nix
index 0dfe9a5c1..98558d323 100644
--- a/modules/programs/newsboat.nix
+++ b/modules/programs/newsboat.nix
@@ -142,6 +142,21 @@ in
           Extra configuration values that will be appended to the end.
         '';
       };
+
+      auto-fetch-articles = {
+        enable = lib.mkEnableOption "automatic article fetcher timer";
+
+        onCalendar = lib.mkOption {
+          type = lib.types.str;
+          default = "daily";
+          example = "weekly";
+          description = ''
+            How often to fetch new articles.
+
+            See {manpage}`systemd.time(7)` for more information about the format.
+          '';
+        };
+      };
     };
   };
 
@@ -154,6 +169,12 @@ in
           want to manage urls imperatively.
         '';
       }
+      {
+        assertion = cfg.auto-fetch-articles.enable -> cfg.package != null;
+        message = ''
+          Cannot fetch articles if package is unset.
+        '';
+      }
     ];
 
     home.packages = lib.mkIf (cfg.package != null) [ cfg.package ];
@@ -168,5 +189,39 @@ in
       "newsboat/urls" = mkIf (cfg.urls != [ ]) { text = urlsFileContents; };
       "newsboat/config".text = configFileContents;
     };
+
+    systemd.user.services.newsboat-fetch-articles = lib.mkIf cfg.auto-fetch-articles.enable {
+      Unit = {
+        Description = "Automatic Newsboat Article Fetcher";
+        Documentation = [ "man:newsboat(1)" ];
+      };
+
+      Service = {
+        Type = "oneshot";
+        Slice = "background.slice";
+        CPUSchedulingPolicy = "idle";
+        IOSchedulingClass = "idle";
+        RuntimeDirectory = "newsboat";
+        ExecStart = "${lib.getExe pkgs.flock} %t/newsboat.lock ${lib.getExe cfg.package} --execute=reload";
+      };
+    };
+
+    systemd.user.timers.newsboat-fetch-articles = lib.mkIf cfg.auto-fetch-articles.enable {
+      Unit = {
+        Description = "Automatic Newsboat Article Fetcher";
+        Documentation = [ "man:newsboat(1)" ];
+        After = [ "network.target" ];
+      };
+
+      Timer = {
+        Unit = "newsboat-fetch-articles.service";
+        OnCalendar = cfg.auto-fetch-articles.onCalendar;
+        Persistent = true;
+      };
+
+      Install = {
+        WantedBy = [ "timers.target" ];
+      };
+    };
   };
 }