Subj : Re:  RSS Feeds
To   : Bugz
From : Gamgee
Date : Sat Apr 18 2020 15:41:00

-=> Bugz wrote to 3LUPINE FURMEN <=-

 LF> Is there a way to import RSS feeds directly into a message base?
 LF> -!-

 Bu> Yes.  Bug_ubuntu in the bot channel does this all the time.

 Bu> It's just a SMOP.  (Small Matter Of Programming.)  <GRIN>

 Bu> Basically, use mutil to load messages into the message base.

 Bu> I have a silly python3 script that reads the RSS feed, mashes it
 Bu> up and outputs what mutil needs.

 Bu> Ok, I actually use feedparser, and it does 99% of the RSS work
 Bu> for me.

 Bu> The other "challenge" is getting HTML into nice text output.
 Bu> I accomplish that with a simple call to elinks:

 Bu> text = check_output( ["elinks", "-dump", "0",
 Bu>   "-dump-width", "72", "--no-references",
 Bu>   "--no-numbering", "./rss_feed.html",
 Bu>   universal_newlines=True, shell=False)

 Bu> This takes html and makes it nice 72 column format.  It
 Bu> understands (HTML) center, word wrap, tables, etc.
 Bu> Elinks is a text based browser after all.  ;)

 Bu> I went a little crazy with the mutil ini part, I use jinja2
 Bu> (template) to generate it.

 Bu> You're welcome to a copy of it.  I'd attach it here, but I'm not
 Bu> sure how well that would work.

Hi Bugz!  Very interesting.  If you don't mind sharing, I'd love 
to have a look at what you've got.  If you're willing you could 
email me at:  gamgees (at) gmail dot com .  Thanks!



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