Lobby: Dashboard - add Announcements widget (previous RSS content). for https://github.com/opnsense/core/issues/7244

src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/Core/Api/DashboardController.php

@@ -196,4 +196,27 @@ class DashboardController extends ApiControllerBase
 
         return $result;
     }
+
+    public function productInfoFeedAction()
+    {
+        $result = ['items' => []];
+        $ch = curl_init();
+        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?board=11.0&action=.xml;limit=5;type=rss2');
+        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
+        $output = curl_exec($ch);
+        curl_close($ch);
+        $payload = simplexml_load_string($output);
+        foreach ($payload->channel->children() as $key => $node) {
+            if ($key == 'item') {
+                $result['items'][] = [
+                    'title' => (string)$node->title,
+                    'description' => (string)$node->description,
+                    'link' => (string)$node->link,
+                    'pubDate' => (string)$node->pubDate,
+                    'guid' => (string)$node->guid
+                ];
+            }
+        }
+        return $result;
+    }
 }

src/opnsense/www/js/widgets/Announcements.js

@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2024 Deciso B.V.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+ *
+ * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
+ *    this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *
+ * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+ *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+ *    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES,
+ * INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY
+ * AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY,
+ * OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
+ * SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
+ * INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
+ * CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
+ * ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
+ * POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ */
+
+import BaseTableWidget from "./BaseTableWidget.js";
+
+export default class Announcements extends BaseTableWidget {
+    constructor() {
+        super();
+        this.tickTimeout = 3600000;
+    }
+
+    getGridOptions() {
+        return {
+            // trigger overflow-y:scroll after 650px height
+            sizeToContent: 650
+        }
+    }
+
+    getMarkup() {
+        let $announcements_table = this.createTable('announcements-table', {
+            headerPosition: 'none',
+        });
+
+        return $('<div></div>').append($announcements_table);
+    }
+
+    async onWidgetTick() {
+        await ajaxGet('/api/core/dashboard/product_info_feed', {}, (data, status) => {
+            if (!data.items.length) {
+                $('#announcements-table').html(`${this.translations.no_feed}`);
+                return;
+            }
+            let rows = [];
+            data.items.forEach(({ title, description, link, pubDate, guid }) => {
+                description = $('<div/>').html(description).text();
+                console.log(description);
+                rows.push(`
+                        <div>
+                            <a href="${link}" target='_new'">${title}</a>
+                        </div>
+                        <div>
+                            ${description}
+                        </div>
+                    `);
+            });
+            this.updateTable('announcements-table', rows.map(row => [row]));
+        });
+    }
+}

src/opnsense/www/js/widgets/Metadata/Core.xml

@@ -1,4 +1,14 @@
 <metadata>
+    <announcements>
+        <filename>Announcements.js</filename>
+        <endpoints>
+            <endpoint>/api/core/dashboard/product_info_feed</endpoint>
+        </endpoints>
+        <translations>
+            <title>Announcements</title>
+            <no_feed>Unable to contact information feed.</no_feed>
+        </translations>
+    </announcements>
     <systeminformation>
         <filename>SystemInformation.js</filename>
         <endpoints>