fix: remove medium links and rss feeds

api-server/server/rss/index.js

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import _ from 'lodash';
 import compareDesc from 'date-fns/compare_desc';
 import debug from 'debug';
 
-import { getMediumFeed } from './medium';
 import { getLybsynFeed } from './lybsyn';
 
 const log = debug('fcc:rss:news-feed');
@@ -13,7 +12,6 @@ class NewsFeed {
   constructor() {
     this.state = {
       readyState: false,
-      mediumFeed: [],
       lybsynFeed: [],
       combinedFeed: []
     };
@@ -31,18 +29,17 @@ class NewsFeed {
   refreshFeeds = () => {
     const currentFeed = this.state.combinedFeed.slice(0);
     log('grabbing feeds');
-    return Promise.all([getMediumFeed(), getLybsynFeed()])
-      .then(([mediumFeed, lybsynFeed]) =>
+    return Promise.all([getLybsynFeed()])
+      .then(([lybsynFeed]) =>
         this.setState(state => ({
           ...state,
-          mediumFeed,
           lybsynFeed
         }))
       )
       .then(() => {
         log('crossing the streams');
-        const { mediumFeed, lybsynFeed } = this.state;
-        const combinedFeed = [...mediumFeed, ...lybsynFeed].sort((a, b) => {
+        const { lybsynFeed } = this.state;
+        const combinedFeed = [...lybsynFeed].sort((a, b) => {
           return compareDesc(a.isoDate, b.isoDate);
         });
         this.setState(state => ({

api-server/server/rss/medium.js

@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-import Parser from 'rss-parser';
-import _ from 'lodash';
-
-const parser = new Parser();
-
-const mediumFeed = 'https://medium.freecodecamp.org/feed';
-
-function getExtract(str) {
-  return str.slice(0, str.indexOf('</p>') + 4);
-}
-
-function addResponsiveClass(str) {
-  return str.replace(/<img/g, '<img class="img-responsive"');
-}
-
-export function getMediumFeed() {
-  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    parser.parseURL(mediumFeed, (err, feed) => {
-      if (err) {
-        reject(err);
-      }
-
-      const items = feed.items
-        .map(item =>
-          _.pick(item, ['title', 'link', 'isoDate', 'content:encoded'])
-        )
-        .map(item => ({
-          ...item,
-          extract: getExtract(item['content:encoded'])
-        }))
-        .map(item => _.omit(item, ['content:encoded']))
-        .map(item => ({ ...item, extract: addResponsiveClass(item.extract) }));
-      resolve(items);
-    });
-  });
-}

client/src/components/Footer/index.js

@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ function Footer() {
             <Link to='https://www.youtube.com/freecodecamp'>Youtube</Link>
             <Link to='https://podcast.freecodecamp.org'>Podcast</Link>
             <Link to='https://twitter.com/freecodecamp'>Twitter</Link>
-            <Link to='https://medium.freecodecamp.org'>Medium</Link>
             <Link to='https://instagram.com/freecodecamp'>Instagram</Link>
           </Col>
         </Row>

client/src/pages/about.js

@@ -52,11 +52,7 @@ const AboutPage = () => {
             <h4>How big is the freeCodeCamp community?</h4>
             <p>
               If you add up all the people who use our learning platform, read
-              our{' '}
-              <Link to='https://medium.freecodecamp.org'>
-                Medium publication
-              </Link>
-              , watch our{' '}
+              our <Link to='/news'>news articles</Link>, watch our{' '}
               <Link to='https://youtube.com/freecodecamp'>YouTube channel</Link>
               , and post on{' '}
               <Link external={true} to='/forum'>

tools/scripts/__snapshots__/createRedirects.test.js.snap

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ exports[`createRedirects matches the snapshot 1`] = `
 /forum/*                                      https://forum.example.com/:splat 200
 /privacy                                      https://forum.example.com/t/free-code-camp-privacy-policy/19545 301
 /nonprofit-project-instructions               https://forum.example.com/t/how-free-code-camps-nonprofits-projects-work/19547 301
-/how-nonprofit-projects-work                  https://medium.freecodecamp.org/open-source-for-good-1a0ea9f32d5a 301
+/how-nonprofit-projects-work                  https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/open-source-for-good-1a0ea9f32d5a 301
 
 "
 `;

tools/scripts/createRedirects.js

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ const template = `#api redirect
 /forum/*                                      #{{FORUM}}/:splat 200
 /privacy                                      #{{FORUM}}/t/free-code-camp-privacy-policy/19545 301
 /nonprofit-project-instructions               #{{FORUM}}/t/how-free-code-camps-nonprofits-projects-work/19547 301
-/how-nonprofit-projects-work                  https://medium.freecodecamp.org/open-source-for-good-1a0ea9f32d5a 301
+/how-nonprofit-projects-work                  https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/open-source-for-good-1a0ea9f32d5a 301
 
 `;
 /* eslint-enable max-len */