Non-RSS source of feeds

[boocko]

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.

[marbs]

you can have the index URL to be on your local system. i assume it has to be an xml or html file. if it is html, you can use suop, if it is xml, you dont need anything.

you can build what ever parse_index you want.

if you want to "convert" a local disk location to a URL, just copy the full path to the address bar in firefox and hit enter. generally, you add "file:///" to the path so C:/ becomes file:///C:/

[boocko]

I will try to make a local RSS file and have it pointed at as a feed.