AP RSS-reader

Installation

The project has been tested only with python 3.8 on Ubuntu Linux and Windows 10. If you have python 3.8 and above installed in your machine, just install the AP RSS-reader from PyPI:

python --version
pip install ap-rss-reader

You can find source code of this package on github. See aplatkouski/ap-rss-reader repository.

How to use it

$ ap_rss_reader "https://news.yahoo.com/rss/" --limit 1
Feed: Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines
Url: https://news.yahoo.com/rss/
Description: The latest news and headlines from Yahoo! News. Get breaking news stories and in-depth coverage with videos and photos.

Title: California finally lifts its last big COVID restrictions. Did the state play it too safe?
Link: https://news.yahoo.com/california-finally-lifts-its-last-big-covid-restrictions-did-the-state-play-it-too-safe-133838908.html
Date: 2021-06-15 13:38:38
Source: Yahoo News
Links:
[1]: https://s.yimg.com/os/creatr-uploaded-images/2021-06/28ddb610-cddc-11eb-8e72-e3afb144a08a (content).

Utility provides the following interface:

usage: ap_rss_reader [-h] [--date DATE] [--limit LIMIT] [--verbose] [--version] [--json] [--to-html TO_HTML] [--to-pdf TO_PDF] [source]

AP RSS-reader with CLI.

positional arguments:
  source             RSS URL

optional arguments:
  -h, --help         show this help message and exit
  --date DATE        Limit news topics by publishing date: YYYYMMDD
  --limit LIMIT      Limit news topics if this parameter provided
  --verbose          Provides additional details as to what the program is doing
  --version          Shows the version of the program and exits
  --json             Print result as JSON in stdout
  --to-html TO_HTML  Save rss channel as html file with given path: 'C:\rss.html' or '/home/user/rss.html'.
  --to-pdf TO_PDF    Save rss channel as pdf file with given path: 'C:\rss.html' or '/home/user/rss.html'.

In case of using --json argument utility converts the news into JSON format:

{
  "articles": [
    {
      "link": "https://news.yahoo.com/california-finally-lifts-its-last-big-covid-restrictions-did-the-state-play-it-too-safe-133838908.html",
      "media": [
        [
          "content",
          "https://s.yimg.com/os/creatr-uploaded-images/2021-06/28ddb610-cddc-11eb-8e72-e3afb144a08a",
          "86",
          "130"
        ]
      ],
      "pubdate": "2021-06-15 13:38:38",
      "source": "Yahoo News",
      "title": "California finally lifts its last big COVID restrictions. Did the state play it too safe?"
    }
  ],
  "description": "The latest news and headlines from Yahoo! News. Get breaking news stories and in-depth coverage with videos and photos.",
  "title": "Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines",
  "url": "https://news.yahoo.com/rss/"
}

With the argument --verbose program prints all logs in stdout.

Development & Contributing

Development of this happens on GitHub, patches including tests, documentation are very welcome, as well as bug reports!

This project has a code of conduct. By interacting with this repository, organization, or community you agree to abide by its terms.

See also our CONTRIBUTING.md.

Copyright

Copyright (c) 2021 Artsiom Platkouski. ap-rss-reader is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.txt file for details.