Substack recipe: Download older posts?

reasonablehabit · 10-27-2023, 11:25 PM

Hi there,
I've set up Calibre with the Substack recipe and it works great, including my paid subscriptions.

Now the challenge I have is that I want to also download and read older posts from specific Substacks but the RSS feed only has the last ~25 posts or so.
Is there a way to also download older posts?
I'd be fine copying/pasting all the URLs somewhere if that has to be done but how would I have to adjust the recipe to accept URLs pointing to individual articles rather than an RSS feed?
Thanks for any pointers!

RH

kovidgoyal · 10-27-2023, 11:36 PM

You implement parse_index in your recipe see https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/news.html

dunderwerk · 12-08-2023, 09:00 AM

Hey reasonablehabit,

Could you please share your recipe for reading Substack archives via Calibre?
I have tried, but not being a programmer, I can't get it to work.

It would be very helpful!

dunderwerk · 12-08-2023, 09:03 AM

Namaskar Kovidgoyal,

Thank you for your answer to reasonablehabit's question!

Not being a programmer myself (and many like me), could you please show how to implement the code into this recipe?

10-27-2023, 11:25 PM	#1
reasonablehabit Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2023 Device: Kindle Oasis	Substack recipe: Download older posts? Hi there, I've set up Calibre with the Substack recipe and it works great, including my paid subscriptions. Now the challenge I have is that I want to also download and read older posts from specific Substacks but the RSS feed only has the last ~25 posts or so. Is there a way to also download older posts? I'd be fine copying/pasting all the URLs somewhere if that has to be done but how would I have to adjust the recipe to accept URLs pointing to individual articles rather than an RSS feed? Thanks for any pointers! RH

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10-27-2023, 11:36 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,966 Karma: 22669822 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	You implement parse_index in your recipe see https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/news.html

12-08-2023, 09:00 AM	#3
dunderwerk Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2023 Device: Kindle	Hey reasonablehabit, Could you please share your recipe for reading Substack archives via Calibre? I have tried, but not being a programmer, I can't get it to work. It would be very helpful!

12-08-2023, 09:03 AM	#4
dunderwerk Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2023 Device: Kindle	Namaskar Kovidgoyal, Thank you for your answer to reasonablehabit's question! Not being a programmer myself (and many like me), could you please show how to implement the code into this recipe?