Plugins 〉Business News
Business News
Business News Data Source for Grafana
Introduction
The Business News data source is a plugin for Grafana that retrieves RSS/Atom feeds and allows visualizing them using Dynamic Text and other panels.
Requirements
- Business News Data Source 4.X requires Grafana 10.1 or Grafana 11.
- Business News Data Source 3.X requires Grafana 9 or Grafana 10.
- Business News Data Source 2.X requires Grafana 8.5 or Grafana 9.
- Business News Data Source 1.X requires Grafana 8.
Getting Started
The Business News data source can be installed from the Grafana Catalog or utilizing the Grafana command line tool.
For the latter, please use the following command.
grafana-cli plugins install volkovlabs-rss-datasource
Highlights
- Supports RSS 2.0, RSS 1.0 and Atom.
- Works with Dynamic Text visualization panel.
- Returns Channel (Feed) data, Items (Entries) or both as separate data frames.
- Extract and parse as additional fields:
- Image from Meta.
- H4 and Image from the Encoded content.
- Media:Group for YouTube.
- Filter items/entries based on the selected Time Range.
- Allows specifying Query parameters with dashboard variables.
Documentation
| Section | Description |
|---|---|
| Dynamic Text | Demonstrates how to display feed using Dynamic Text panel. |
| Provisioning | Demonstrates how to automatically provision the Data Source. |
| Release Notes | Stay up to date with the latest features and updates. |
Feedback
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License
Apache License Version 2.0, see LICENSE.
Grafana Cloud Free
- Free tier: Limited to 3 users
- Paid plans: $55 / user / month above included usage
- Access to all Enterprise Plugins
- Fully managed service (not available to self-manage)
Self-hosted Grafana Enterprise
- Access to all Enterprise plugins
- All Grafana Enterprise features
- Self-manage on your own infrastructure
Grafana Cloud Free
- Free tier: Limited to 3 users
- Paid plans: $55 / user / month above included usage
- Access to all Enterprise Plugins
- Fully managed service (not available to self-manage)
Self-hosted Grafana Enterprise
- Access to all Enterprise plugins
- All Grafana Enterprise features
- Self-manage on your own infrastructure
Grafana Cloud Free
- Free tier: Limited to 3 users
- Paid plans: $55 / user / month above included usage
- Access to all Enterprise Plugins
- Fully managed service (not available to self-manage)
Self-hosted Grafana Enterprise
- Access to all Enterprise plugins
- All Grafana Enterprise features
- Self-manage on your own infrastructure
Grafana Cloud Free
- Free tier: Limited to 3 users
- Paid plans: $55 / user / month above included usage
- Access to all Enterprise Plugins
- Fully managed service (not available to self-manage)
Self-hosted Grafana Enterprise
- Access to all Enterprise plugins
- All Grafana Enterprise features
- Self-manage on your own infrastructure
Grafana Cloud Free
- Free tier: Limited to 3 users
- Paid plans: $55 / user / month above included usage
- Access to all Enterprise Plugins
- Fully managed service (not available to self-manage)
Self-hosted Grafana Enterprise
- Access to all Enterprise plugins
- All Grafana Enterprise features
- Self-manage on your own infrastructure
Installing Business News on Grafana Cloud:
Installing plugins on a Grafana Cloud instance is a one-click install; same with updates. Cool, right?
Note that it could take up to 1 minute to see the plugin show up in your Grafana.
Installing plugins on a Grafana Cloud instance is a one-click install; same with updates. Cool, right?
Note that it could take up to 1 minute to see the plugin show up in your Grafana.
Installing plugins on a Grafana Cloud instance is a one-click install; same with updates. Cool, right?
Note that it could take up to 1 minute to see the plugin show up in your Grafana.
Installing plugins on a Grafana Cloud instance is a one-click install; same with updates. Cool, right?
Note that it could take up to 1 minute to see the plugin show up in your Grafana.
Installing plugins on a Grafana Cloud instance is a one-click install; same with updates. Cool, right?
Note that it could take up to 1 minute to see the plugin show up in your Grafana.
Installing plugins on a Grafana Cloud instance is a one-click install; same with updates. Cool, right?
Note that it could take up to 1 minute to see the plugin show up in your Grafana.
Installing plugins on a Grafana Cloud instance is a one-click install; same with updates. Cool, right?
Note that it could take up to 1 minute to see the plugin show up in your Grafana.
For more information, visit the docs on plugin installation.
Installing on a local Grafana:
For local instances, plugins are installed and updated via a simple CLI command. Plugins are not updated automatically, however you will be notified when updates are available right within your Grafana.
1. Install the Data Source
Use the grafana-cli tool to install Business News from the commandline:
grafana-cli plugins install The plugin will be installed into your grafana plugins directory; the default is /var/lib/grafana/plugins. More information on the cli tool.
Alternatively, you can manually download the .zip file for your architecture below and unpack it into your grafana plugins directory.
Alternatively, you can manually download the .zip file and unpack it into your grafana plugins directory.
2. Configure the Data Source
Accessed from the Grafana main menu, newly installed data sources can be added immediately within the Data Sources section.
Next, click the Add data source button in the upper right. The data source will be available for selection in the Type select box.
To see a list of installed data sources, click the Plugins item in the main menu. Both core data sources and installed data sources will appear.
Change Log
4.0.0 (2024-05-09)
Breaking changes
- Requires Grafana 10 and Grafana 11
Features / Enhancements
- Added plugin e2e tests and remove cypress (#68)
- Prepared for Grafana 11 (#71)
- Updated to Grafana 10.4.2 and dependencies (#72)
3.1.0 (2024-02-12)
Features / Enhancements
- Added application type in Headers (#61)
- Updated ESLint configuration and refactoring (#62)
- Updated to Grafana 10.3.1 (#63)
3.0.1 (2023-08-02)
Bugfix
- Removed root URL http://localhost:3000 added during migration to Plugin Tools
3.0.0 (2023-07-26)
Breaking changes
- Requires Grafana 9 and Grafana 10
Features / Enhancements
- Updated tests with testing-library/react (#50)
- Migrated to Plugin Tools 1.5.2 (#51)
- Updated to Node 18 and npm (#51)
- Updated to Grafana 10.0.0 (#51)
- Added E2E Cypress testing (#52)
- Removed Grafana 8.5 support (#56)
- Updated ESLint configuration (#56)
2.4.0 (2023-04-08)
Features / Enhancements
- Updated to Grafana 9.4.7 (#44)
- Updated CI and Release workflows (#45)
- Updated Documentation, Provisioning (#46)
- Added URL parameters with variables support (#47, #48)
2.3.0 (2022-11-16)
Features / Enhancements
- Updated to Grafana 9.1.4 (#36)
- Added Compatibility Check Workflow (#37)
- Updated CI to Node 16 and Synchronize with Release workflow (#39)
- Updated to Grafana 9.2.2 (#40)
- Updated CI to upload signed artifacts (#41)
2.2.0 (2022-08-25)
Features / Enhancements
- Added YouTube video in README (#32)
- Updated based on 9.1.1 (#35)
2.1.0 (2022-06-23)
Features / Enhancements
- Added YouTube fields parsing and refactoring (#31)
2.0.0 (2022-06-17)
Breaking changes
- Requires Grafana 8.5+ and 9.0+
Features / Enhancements
- Updated based on 9.0.0 (#30)
1.7.0 (2022-05-21)
Features / Enhancements
- Added Feed URL with query parameters (#28)
1.6.2 (2022-05-13)
Breaking changes
- Requires Grafana 8.3.0 or newer.
1.6.1 (2022-05-13)
Features / Enhancements
- Clarify Breaking change introduced in 1.6.0 (#24)
- Updated API tests and set parsing
rss.channel.itemas array always (#25) - Improved test coverage (#26)
1.6.0 (2022-05-12)
Breaking changes
- Automatic parsing of
author.nameandmedia:thumbnail.urlfields break templates who uses them. To fix it, just replace it withauthorandmedia:thumbnail. Thanks to @vfauth for testing.
Features / Enhancements
- Updated based on 8.5.2 (#23)
Bug fixes
- Can't parse GitHub releases feed (#21)
1.5.0 (2022-04-25)
Features / Enhancements
- Added Provisioning instructions to README (#16)
- Added RSS 1.0 support (#19)
- Rebuild based on 8.5.0 (#17, #20)
1.4.0 (2022-02-18)
Features / Enhancements
- Updated using 8.4.0 and use PluginCheck v2 (#13, #14)
- Select items/entries based on the selected Time Range (#3)
1.3.1 (2022-02-02)
Bug fixes
- Google Workspace Atom feed failed #11
1.3.0 (2022-01-24)
Features / Enhancements
- Update README with link to the Grafana Marketplace (#8)
- Rebuild using 8.3.4 (#6)
1.2.0 (2022-01-11)
Features / Enhancements
- Signed as Community datasource plugin (#7).
1.1.0 (2021-12-27)
Features / Enhancements
- Extract <img src="X"> from the <figure> (#5)
- Extract Guid's text from the <guid> (#5)
- Update dashboards layout
1.0.0 (2021-12-26)
Features / Enhancements
- Supports RSS 2.0 and Atom.
- Works great with Dynamic Text panel by Marcus Olsson (marcusolsson-dynamictext-panel).
- Initial release based on the Volkov Labs Abc Data source template.
