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boocko · 11-13-2010, 03:14 PM

Let's say I don't have an RSS feed of sources, but a local file that provides sections, titles and URLs of articles.

I would like a recipe, probably something with def parse_index, that would read the file instead of the RSS, then fetch the articles from the internet and make nice ebook with sections and cover image (also a file on local system!). The syntax of file is not defined yet, the python master can assume whatever format is most useful.

E.g.:

[The title of section1]
Title
smalltext
url

title
smalltex
url

[Section2]
title
smalltext
url
.
.

I was thinking about making my own custom RSS, but I guess this could be probably done directly in recipe in a much more elegant way.

I'm sure such universal recipe would be useful.

So, basically I'm asking for a parse_index that would parse a local file.

11-13-2010, 03:14 PM	#1
boocko Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: kindle3	Non-RSS source of feeds Let's say I don't have an RSS feed of sources, but a local file that provides sections, titles and URLs of articles. I would like a recipe, probably something with def parse_index, that would read the file instead of the RSS, then fetch the articles from the internet and make nice ebook with sections and cover image (also a file on local system!). The syntax of file is not defined yet, the python master can assume whatever format is most useful. E.g.: [The title of section1] Title smalltext url title smalltex url [Section2] title smalltext url . . I was thinking about making my own custom RSS, but I guess this could be probably done directly in recipe in a much more elegant way. I'm sure such universal recipe would be useful. So, basically I'm asking for a parse_index that would parse a local file.