BasicNewsRecipe interactive?

BrianG · 01-10-2010, 03:02 PM

Hi. It would be helpful for me to test some new recipe ideas if I could call the methods of BasicNewsRecipe interactively.

I oversimplified things by assuming that I could just call the methods from CALIBRE-DEBUG. I'm missing an important step somewhere.

Can someone help me run something like the example below from an interactive command line?

soup = self.index_to_soup('http://www.xxxxx.com')

thanks,
Brian

GRiker · 01-10-2010, 05:44 PM

Just add a print statement in your recipe:
print soup.prettify()
'soup' is an instance of BeautifulSoup, which has a pretty print method prettify().
Debugging python with print statements is quick and intuitive.

G

BrianG · 01-11-2010, 02:20 PM

This makes sense, thanks.

However, I'm new to Python, so I'd like the opportunity to play with various functions and methods interactively. It's a lot easier if I can do this interactively as opposed to with PRINT statements in a program.

Can the CALIBRE-DEBUG program be used to interactively run the methods of BasicNewsRecipe?

kovidgoyal · 01-11-2010, 02:24 PM

You stick

from calibre import ipython
ipython(user_ns=locals())

into any point in your code to have an interactive prompt at that point.

GRiker · 01-11-2010, 04:32 PM

Nice, I didn't know about that.

G

kovidgoyal · 01-11-2010, 05:40 PM

Yeah it's a good way to explore when you're new to calibre/python.

01-10-2010, 03:02 PM	#1
BrianG Member Posts: 23 Karma: 22 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: Kindle DX	BasicNewsRecipe interactive? Hi. It would be helpful for me to test some new recipe ideas if I could call the methods of BasicNewsRecipe interactively. I oversimplified things by assuming that I could just call the methods from CALIBRE-DEBUG. I'm missing an important step somewhere. Can someone help me run something like the example below from an interactive command line? soup = self.index_to_soup('http://www.xxxxx.com') thanks, Brian

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01-10-2010, 05:44 PM	#2
GRiker Comparer of the Ephemeris Posts: 1,496 Karma: 424697 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: iPad	Just add a print statement in your recipe: print soup.prettify() 'soup' is an instance of BeautifulSoup, which has a pretty print method prettify(). Debugging python with print statements is quick and intuitive. G

01-11-2010, 02:20 PM	#3
BrianG Member Posts: 23 Karma: 22 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: Kindle DX	This makes sense, thanks. However, I'm new to Python, so I'd like the opportunity to play with various functions and methods interactively. It's a lot easier if I can do this interactively as opposed to with PRINT statements in a program. Can the CALIBRE-DEBUG program be used to interactively run the methods of BasicNewsRecipe?

01-11-2010, 02:24 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,860 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	You stick from calibre import ipython ipython(user_ns=locals()) into any point in your code to have an interactive prompt at that point.

01-11-2010, 04:32 PM	#5
GRiker Comparer of the Ephemeris Posts: 1,496 Karma: 424697 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: iPad	Nice, I didn't know about that. G

01-11-2010, 05:40 PM	#6
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,860 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Yeah it's a good way to explore when you're new to calibre/python.

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