Proxy
Requirements
- Set the
SERVER_URLenvironment variable to the url of the proxy. - Turn on websocket support in your proxy
You won't be able to use your service via the plain local url as the websocket connection will fail.
If the SERVER_URL starts with
- https => Secured Websocket (wss)
- http => Unsecured Websocket (ws)
Telegram
PodFetch can also send messages via Telegram if a new episode was downloaded.
To enable it you need to set the following variables:
| Variable | Description | example |
|---|---|---|
| TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN | The Bot token that you can acquire from Botfather with /newbot | asdj23:hsifuhi234klerlf...sadasd |
| TELEGRAM_BOT_CHAT_ID | The chat id of the chat where the bot should send the messages | 123456789 |
| TELEGRAM_API_ENABLED | If the telegram api should be enabled. | true |
You can acquire the Telegram Bot chat id with the following steps:
- Write a message to the bot
- Open the following url in your browser: Telegram API page
- Search for the chat id in the response
Proxying requests to the podcast servers
In some cases you also need to proxy the traffic from the PodFetch server via a proxy. For that exists the PODFETCH_PROXY variable. You set it to the address of your proxy.