Add news reader (#3445)

* add model for feed entries

* add task to update feed entries

* Add API routes

* Fix name in model

* rename model

* fix read endpoint

* reduce duplication in NewsFeed API endpoints

* reduce duplicated code

* add ui elements to index

* add missing migrations

* add ressource route

* add new model to admin

* reorder fields

* format timestamp

* make title linked

* reduce migrations to 1

* fix merge

* fix js style

* add model to ruleset

InvenTree/common/models.py

@@ -1560,6 +1560,13 @@ class InvenTreeUserSetting(BaseInvenTreeSetting):
             'validator': bool,
         },
 
+        'HOMEPAGE_NEWS': {
+            'name': _('Show News'),
+            'description': _('Show news on the homepage'),
+            'default': False,
+            'validator': bool,
+        },
+
         "LABEL_INLINE": {
             'name': _('Inline label display'),
             'description': _('Display PDF labels in the browser, instead of downloading as a file'),
@@ -2285,3 +2292,54 @@ class NotificationMessage(models.Model):
     def age_human(self):
         """Humanized age."""
         return naturaltime(self.creation)
+
+
+class NewsFeedEntry(models.Model):
+    """A NewsFeedEntry represents an entry on the RSS/Atom feed that is generated for InvenTree news.
+
+    Attributes:
+    - feed_id: Unique id for the news item
+    - title: Title for the news item
+    - link: Link to the news item
+    - published: Date of publishing of the news item
+    - author: Author of news item
+    - summary: Summary of the news items content
+    - read: Was this iteam already by a superuser?
+    """
+
+    feed_id = models.CharField(
+        verbose_name=_('Id'),
+        unique=True,
+        max_length=250,
+    )
+
+    title = models.CharField(
+        verbose_name=_('Title'),
+        max_length=250,
+    )
+
+    link = models.URLField(
+        verbose_name=_('Link'),
+        max_length=250,
+    )
+
+    published = models.DateTimeField(
+        verbose_name=_('Published'),
+        max_length=250,
+    )
+
+    author = models.CharField(
+        verbose_name=_('Author'),
+        max_length=250,
+    )
+
+    summary = models.CharField(
+        verbose_name=_('Summary'),
+        max_length=250,
+    )
+
+    read = models.BooleanField(
+        verbose_name=_('Read'),
+        help_text=_('Was this news item read?'),
+        default=False
+    )