Add custom RSS to Brave News

[Alonely0]

Description

I love Brave Today, but I have a problem. Some news sites that I usually read aren't available in brave today sites, so I like to put them via their RSS feed.

Brave version (brave://version info)

brave://version	brave://version
Version	Brave: 1.20.17 nightly (64 bits) (Build official) Chromium: 87.0.4280.88
Revision	89e2380a3e36c3464b5dd1302349b1382549290d-refs/branch-heads/4280@{#1761}
OS	Arch Linux
Execution flags	/opt/brave.com/brave-nightly/brave --enable-dom-distiller --disable-domain-reliability --no-pings --extension-content-verification=enforce_strict --extensions-install-verification=enforce --origin-trial-public-key=bYUKPJoPnCxeNvu72j4EmPuK7tr1PAC7SHh8ld9Mw3E=,fMS4mpO6buLQ/QMd+zJmxzty/VQ6B1EUZqoCU04zoRU= --sync-url=https://sync-v2.brave.com/v2 --lso-url=https://no-thanks.invalid --variations-server-url=https://variations.brave.com/seed --enable-features=AutoupgradeMixedContent,WebUIDarkMode,DnsOverHttps,LegacyTLSEnforced,PasswordImport,ReducedReferrerGranularity,PrefetchPrivacyChanges --disable-features=AutofillEnableAccountWalletStorage,AutofillServerCommunication,TextFragmentAnchor,NetworkTimeServiceQuerying,PasswordCheck,IdleDetection,SignedExchangeSubresourcePrefetch,SafeBrowsingEnhancedProtection,PrivacySettingsRedesign,AllowPopupsDuringPageUnload,VideoPlaybackQuality,NotificationTriggers,SmsReceiver,TabHoverCards --flag-switches-begin --flag-switches-end
Binary path	/opt/brave.com/brave-nightly/brave
Profile path	/home/guillem/.config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser-Nightly/Default
Installation font	Arch User Repository (AUR)

[underling3311]

That's a good idea, would put as feature request. If I able to add feature request.

[Alonely0]

@MrWaste When I was going to submit the issue, I couldn't submit it as a feature request, so if anyone of the brave team could add the labels of feature-request and feature/brave-today, it would be very helpful to carry out the objective of this feature suggestion.

[Alonely0]

I think that title describes better the objective of the issue.

[wagk]

I would also very much like this feature to be implemented (it would be great if Brave could replace my current RSS reader)

[bsclifton]

cc: @mattmcalister @petemill for priority / triage

[Alonely0]

I would also very much like this feature to be implemented (it would be great if Brave could replace my current RSS reader)

I currently use the new tab of glance because I like to see the news on the new tab. (I also recommend night tab, does not have RSS but is the most customizable new tab in the world).

[DarkGhost7]

Yes, I would love this feature! Really need a custom RSS feed for news.

[MrTob]

this feature would be very helpful. what is the current standing?

[mattmcalister]

this feature would be very helpful. what is the current standing?

it's live on iOS now. desktop is progressing nicely and Android will be coming, too, but please be patient.

[DarkGhost7]

this feature would be very helpful. what is the current standing?

it's live on iOS now. desktop is progressing nicely and Android will be coming, too, but please be patient.

Letsss goooo

[mlhaufe]

If I click on an RSS link, what should the expected behavior be? Seeing the raw XML does not seem to be the right thing to do if the above feature is now in place.

[JimB-Dev]

If I click on an RSS link, what should the expected behavior be? Seeing the raw XML does not seem to be the right thing to do if the above feature is now in place.

As far as I know it is not in place anywhere besides iOS. The above issue was closed only because it was a duplicate of this one. But I don't believe custom RSS is available for desktop or Android yet. Still waiting.

[UjCbFwtBayFM]

There's a custom RSS reader feature in Chrome Mobile, but it's unavailable in Brave.

[JJohnGreenSr]

Indeed, I was actually ecstatic when I saw that announcement about RSS feeds on Chrome 94, so I tried to look for it on Brave (my browser is, after all, built on Chromium 94). Apparently it isn't in here, which would be one of the first Chrome features I'd care about that's not downstreamed.

[UjCbFwtBayFM]

As far as I've seen the feature is in Brave Mobile, but not accessible/usable.
Guess your best bet is to wait until Brave re-brand it as their own feature.

[stephendonner]

Verified PASSED using

Brave	1.36.73 Chromium: 98.0.4758.66 (Official Build) nightly (x86_64)
Revision	db1b4001d5ce29f141297f260d2b778e000b85a3-refs/branch-heads/4758@{#762}
OS	macOS Version 12.2 (Build 21D48)

Case 1: Adding a new feed via customize panel should immediately add to the list

1. new profile
2. launched Brave
3. clicked Skip welcome tour
4. scrolled down
5. clicked on Show Brave News
6. clicked on Customize
7. pasted the CNN Top Stories RSS feed into the Feed URL textfield (http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_topstories.rss)
8. clicked Add source
9. clicked on Top News
10. deselected CNN
11. opened a new-tab page
12. scrolled down

Confirmed I got content from CNN.com - RSS Channel - HP Hero, which is from my custom-RSS source.

example	example	example

Case 2: The feed title should be displayed in the customize panel list

1. new profile
2. launched Brave
3. clicked Skip welcome tour
4. scrolled down
5. clicked on Show Brave News
6. clicked on Customize
7. pasted the CNN Top Stories RSS feed into the Feed URL textfield (http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_topstories.rss)

Confirmed I got CNN.com - RSS Channel - HP Hero listed beneath Your Sources

example	example

Case 3: Adding an incorrect feed url should present an error message

1. new profile
2. launched Brave
3. clicked Skip welcome tour
4. scrolled down
5. clicked on Show Brave News
6. clicked on Customize
7. pasted the following non-working URL: http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_topstories-obvious-404.rss into Feed URL
8. clicked on Add source

Confirmed I got an Sorry, we couldn't find a feed at that address. error message.

example	example

Case 4: Content from the new feed should be displayed in the feed list on next refresh

a) feed added case is already covered; see case 1 & 2
b) browser restart

1. new profile
2. launched Brave
3. clicked Skip welcome tour
4. scrolled down
5. clicked on Show Brave News
6. clicked on Customize
7. clicked on Top News under Sources
8. clicked to toggle CNN to OFF
9. clicked <- Back
10. pasted the CNN Top Stories RSS feed into the Feed URL textfield (http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_topstories.rss)
11. clicked Add source
12. confirmed I got the Load new content button
13. restarted Brave
14. opened Brave News
15. confirmed CNN.com - RSS Channel - HP Hero articles appeared in the feed

example	example	example	example

c) 3 hour interval

1. new profile
2. launched Brave
3. clicked Skip welcome tour
4. scrolled down
5. clicked on Show Brave News
6. clicked on Customize
7. deselected all other feed sources
8. pasted the CNN Top Stories RSS feed into the Feed URL textfield (http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_topstories.rss)
9. waited 3 hours+
10. (should have a Load new content button)

example	example	example	example

Case 5: Removing a feed removes it from the feed list and removes its content via customize panel

1. new profile
2. launched Brave
3. clicked Skip welcome tour
4. scrolled down
5. clicked on Show Brave News
6. confirmed I saw an Daily Mail article
7. clicked on Customize
8. clicked on Top News
9. clicked to toggle Daily Mail to OFF
10. clicked the X to close the dialog
11. confirmed I saw the Load new content button
12. clicked on Load new content
13. scrolled through Brave News

Confirmed I no longer saw Daily Mail articles.

example	example	example	example

Case 6: Removing a feed removes it from the feed list and removes its content via clicking the publisher name on a content card by that publisher

1. new profile
2. launched Brave
3. clicked Skip welcome tour
4. scrolled down
5. clicked on Show Brave News
6. confirmed I saw an ABC News article
7. clicked on ABC News at the bottom
8. clicked on Disable content from ABC News
9. confirmed I saw the Load new content button
10. clicked on Load new content
11. scrolled through Brave News

Confirmed I no longer saw ABC News articles.

example	example	example

Verified PASSED using

Brave	1.36.87 Chromium: 98.0.4758.87 (Official Build) beta (64-bit)
Revision	e4cd00f135fb4d8edc64c8aa6ecbe7cc79ebb3b2-refs/branch-heads/4758@{#1002}
OS	Windows 11 Version 21H2 (Build 22000.469)

Case 1: Adding a new feed via customize panel should immediately add to the list

1. new profile
2. launched Brave
3. clicked Skip welcome tour
4. scrolled down
5. clicked on Show Brave News
6. clicked on Customize
7. pasted the CNN Top Stories RSS feed into the Feed URL text field (http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_topstories.rss)
8. clicked Add source
9. clicked on Top News under Sources list
10. toggle off CNN
11. opened a new-tab page
12. scrolled down
13. Verified content returned from CNN.com - RSS Channel - HP Hero, which is from my custom-RSS source.

example	example	example

Case 2: The feed title should be displayed in the customize panel list

1. new profile
2. launched Brave
3. clicked Skip welcome tour
4. scrolled down
5. clicked on Show Brave News
6. clicked on Customize
7. pasted the CNN Top Stories RSS feed into the Feed URL text field (http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_topstories.rss)

Verified content returned from CNN.com - RSS Channel - HP Hero listed beneath Your Sources

example	example

Case 3: Adding an incorrect feed url should present an error message

1. new profile
2. launched Brave
3. clicked Skip welcome tour
4. scrolled down
5. clicked on Show Brave News
6. clicked on Customize
7. pasted the following non-working URL: http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_topstories-obvious-404.rss into Feed URL
8. clicked on Add source

Verified error message returned Sorry, we couldn't find a feed at that address.

example

Case 4: Content from the new feed should be displayed in the feed list on next refresh

a) feed added case is already covered; see case 1 & 2
b) browser restart

1. new profile
2. launched Brave
3. clicked Skip welcome tour
4. scrolled down
5. clicked on Show Brave News
6. clicked on Customize
7. clicked on Top News under Sources
8. clicked to toggle CNN to OFF
9. clicked <- Back
10. pasted the CNN Top Stories RSS feed into the Feed URL text field (http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_topstories.rss)
11. clicked Add source
12. Verified Load new content button loaded
13. restarted Brave
14. opened Brave News

Verified CNN.com - RSS Channel - HP Hero articles appeared in the feed

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c) 3 hour interval

1. new profile
2. launched Brave
3. clicked Skip welcome tour
4. scrolled down
5. clicked on Show Brave News
6. clicked on Customize
7. deselected all other feed sources
8. pasted the CNN Top Stories RSS feed into the Feed URL text field (http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_topstories.rss)
9. waited 3 hours+
10. (should have a Load new content button)

Verified Load new content button loaded

example	example	example	example	example

Case 5: Removing a feed removes it from the feed list and removes its content via customize panel

1. new profile
2. launched Brave
3. clicked Skip welcome tour
4. scrolled down
5. clicked on Show Brave News
6. Verified Daily Mail article available
7. clicked on Customize
8. clicked on Top News
9. clicked to toggle Daily Mail to OFF
10. clicked the X to close the dialog
11. Verified Load new content button loaded
12. clicked on Load new content
13. scrolled through Brave News

Verified Daily Mail articles are not displayed

example	example

Case 6: Removing a feed removes it from the feed list and removes its content via clicking the publisher name on a content card by that publisher

1. new profile
2. launched Brave
3. clicked Skip welcome tour
4. scrolled down
5. clicked on Show Brave News
6. verified Forbes article is available
7. clicked on Forbes at the bottom
8. clicked on Disable content from 'Forbes
9. confirmed I saw the Load new content button
10. clicked on Load new content
11. scrolled through Brave News

Verified 'Forbes` articles are not available

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Verified PASSED using

Brave	1.36.93 Chromium: 98.0.4758.87 (Official Build) beta (64-bit)
Revision	e4cd00f135fb4d8edc64c8aa6ecbe7cc79ebb3b2-refs/branch-heads/4758@{#1002}
OS	Linux

Case 1: Adding a new feed via customize panel should immediately add to the list

1. new profile
2. launched Brave
3. clicked Skip welcome tour
4. scrolled down
5. clicked on Show Brave News
6. clicked on Customize
7. pasted the CNN Top Stories RSS feed into the Feed URL textfield (http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_topstories.rss)
8. clicked Add source
9. clicked on Top News
10. deselected CNN
11. opened a new-tab page
12. scrolled down

Confirmed I got content from CNN.com - RSS Channel - HP Hero, which is from my custom-RSS source.

example	example	example

Case 2: The feed title should be displayed in the customize panel list

1. new profile
2. launched Brave
3. clicked Skip welcome tour
4. scrolled down
5. clicked on Show Brave News
6. clicked on Customize
7. pasted the CNN Top Stories RSS feed into the Feed URL textfield (http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_topstories.rss)

Confirmed I got CNN.com - RSS Channel - HP Hero listed beneath Your Sources

example	example

Case 3: Adding an incorrect feed URL should present an error message

1. new profile
2. launched Brave
3. clicked Skip welcome tour
4. scrolled down
5. clicked on Show Brave News
6. clicked on Customize
7. pasted the following non-working URL: http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_topstories-obvious-404.rss into Feed URL
8. clicked on Add source

Confirmed I got an Sorry, we couldn't find a feed at that address. error message.

example	example

Case 4: Content from the new feed should be displayed in the feed list on next refresh

a) feed added case is already covered; see case 1 & 2
b) browser restart

1. new profile
2. launched Brave
3. clicked Skip welcome tour
4. scrolled down
5. clicked on Show Brave News
6. clicked on Customize
7. clicked on Top News under Sources
8. clicked to toggle CNN to OFF
9. clicked <- Back
10. pasted the CNN Top Stories RSS feed into the Feed URL textfield (http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_topstories.rss)
11. clicked Add source
12. confirmed I got the Load new content button
13. restarted Brave
14. opened Brave News
15. confirmed CNN.com - RSS Channel - HP Hero articles appeared in the feed

example	example	example

c) 3 hour interval

1. new profile
2. launched Brave
3. clicked Skip welcome tour
4. scrolled down
5. clicked on Show Brave News
6. clicked on Customize
7. deselected all other feed sources
8. pasted the CNN Top Stories RSS feed into the Feed URL textfield (http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_topstories.rss)
9. waited 3 hours+
10. (should have a Load new content button)

example	example	example	example

Case 5: Removing a feed removes it from the feed list and removes its content via customize panel

1. new profile
2. launched Brave
3. clicked Skip welcome tour
4. scrolled down
5. clicked on Show Brave News
6. confirmed I saw an Daily Mail article
7. clicked on Customize
8. clicked on Top News
9. clicked to toggle Daily Mail to OFF
10. clicked the X to close the dialog
11. confirmed I saw the Load new content button
12. clicked on Load new content
13. scrolled through Brave News

Confirmed I no longer saw Daily Mail articles.

example	example

Case 6: Removing a feed removes it from the feed list and removes its content via clicking the publisher name on a content card by that publisher

1. new profile
2. launched Brave
3. clicked Skip welcome tour
4. scrolled down
5. clicked on Show Brave News
6. confirmed I saw an Forbes article
7. clicked on Forbes at the bottom
8. clicked on Disable content from Forbes
9. confirmed I saw the Load new content button
10. clicked on Load new content
11. scrolled through Brave News

Confirmed I no longer saw Forbes articles.

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[petemill]

This was temporarily reverted but will be reintroduced ASAP

[sergioad]

Could this be added to Android and iOS too I wish I could add all the tech and videogame feeds I love to read both in English and Spanish

[stephendonner]

Could this be added to Android and iOS too I wish I could add all the tech and videogame feeds I love to read both in English and Spanish

This has been in iOS since early last year: https://www.thegoandroid.com/brave-today-feature-enables-the-user-to-add-rss-feeds/113312/. Android is still pending (keep watching nightly builds; I don't have an issue # for custom-RSS support handy, sorry).

@petemill @alexsafe do we have a separate issue for custom-RSS feeds on Android?

[sergioad]

@petemill @alexsafe sorry for tagging you, but if you could add this feature I would thank you a lot, I would love to read my favorite Mexican blogs like Xataka Mexico or Xbox wire en Espanol on my favorite browser

[stephendonner]

@petemill @alexsafe sorry for tagging you, but if you could add this feature I would thank you a lot, I would love to read my favorite Mexican blogs like Xataka Mexico or Xbox wire en Espanol on my favorite browser

@sergioad follow #21272 for updates on custom RSS for Android 👍

[aman-m1]

I would like a toggle to toggle off all the contents from Brave News except my added feeds. Currenty it requires quite some time to toggle each one off. Also a button to show my added feeds first as I see default sources being prioratised after almost every refresh.

Also all my added urls are displayed without any thumbnail-

I added them from here-
https://indianexpress.com/syndication/
https://www.ndtv.com/rss
https://www.indiatoday.in/rss
https://www.thehindu.com/rssfeeds/

And a way to sync feed urls across devices. Also I don't have a way to edit them if I wanted to.

[aman-m1]

And +1 for Android. As soon as you can. I prefer a privacy preserved way to view news and mobile is much more handy than a laptop.