Star Wars News Feed - TRMNL Plugin

A TRMNL plugin that displays Star Wars news from Star Wars News Net on trmnl devices, retrieving an image of the news article and a ChatGPT summary.

What It Does

• Live News Stream
  Pulls headlines and articles from Star Wars News Net’s RSS feed.

• Automatic Image Extraction
  Detects and displays the Open Graph (OG) image from every news link.

• AI-Powered Summaries
  Uses OpenAI’s GPT-3.5-turbo to read the full article text and craft a concise overview.

• Multi-Layout Support
  Four display modes let you choose the perfect balance of image size and summary length for your screen.

• E-ink Friendly
  Optimized for grayscale devices—no color, no problem.

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Developing

• Install trmnlp for self-hosting a virtual trmnl device for plugin visualization.
• Add OpenAI API Key to .trmnlp.yml.
• Run trmnlp serve.

RSS Feed Sources

The plugin currently pulls from:

• Star Wars News Net - Books & Comics: https://www.starwarsnewsnet.com/category/books-comics/feed

You can change the feed by modifying the polling_url in settings.yml:

• All News: https://www.starwarsnewsnet.com/feed
• Films: https://www.starwarsnewsnet.com/category/films/feed
• TV Series: https://www.starwarsnewsnet.com/category/tv-series/feed
• Games & Toys: https://www.starwarsnewsnet.com/category/games-toys/feed