reader 0.21

A minimal feed reader library.

reader is a minimal feed reader library.

Features:

• Stand-alone library with stable, clearly documented API, and excellent test coverage.

• Minimal web interface that works even with text-only browsers.

  • … with automatic tag fixing for MP3 enclosures (e.g. podcasts).

• Full-text search.

• (Some) plugin support.

Documentation: reader.readthedocs.io

Usage:

$ pip install reader

>>> from reader import make_reader
>>>
>>> reader = make_reader('db.sqlite')
>>> reader.add_feed('http://www.hellointernet.fm/podcast?format=rss')
>>> reader.update_feeds()
>>>
>>> entries = list(reader.get_entries())
>>> [e.title for e in entries]
['H.I. #108: Project Cyclops', 'H.I. #107: One Year of Weird', ...]
>>>
>>> reader.mark_as_read(entries[0])
>>>
>>> [e.title for e in reader.get_entries(read=False)]
['H.I. #107: One Year of Weird', 'H.I. #106: Water on Mars', ...]
>>> [e.title for e in reader.get_entries(read=True)]
['H.I. #108: Project Cyclops']
>>>
>>> reader.enable_search()
>>> reader.update_search()
>>>
>>> for e in list(reader.search_entries('year'))[:3]:
...     title = e.metadata.get('.title')
...     print(title.value, title.highlights)
...
H.I. #107: One Year of Weird (slice(15, 19, None),)
H.I. #52: 20,000 Years of Torment (slice(17, 22, None),)
H.I. #83: The Best Kind of Prison ()