News Download Title Duplication Prevention

MacNala · 08-26-2013, 06:14 AM

I am using Calibre to download news feeds such as PCWorld and The Register.
However when they are sent to my Kindle because each day's copy has the same title they appear in the Kindle under just one title.
What I think I need is a Template/Function/Plugin, I cannot tell the difference yet (newcomer to Calibre).

An outline of what is required is coding which will do the following:
When a download of a NEWS item is received if the existing TITLE is 'PCWorld' OR 'The Register' it will be replaced by a NEW_TITLE equal to TITLE (DATE).
So a download of today's PCWorld will be stored in Calibre as
PCWorld (26 Aug 2013)
If the NEWS items is not one of the list no changes are done. This to be done before auto-sending to the Kindle.

I am a skilled programmer but have no knowledge of Python and feel a bit lost asking for such help. Any help would be appreciated.

DoctorOhh · 08-26-2013, 06:41 AM

Welcome, this section of the manual might help you with your problem. The sticky posts at the top of this forum may help too.

Recipes - Re-usable code

Using News Recipes: Start Here

Moderator Notice
Moved post to its own thread in the Recipe section of the forum. Someone in this forum should be able to point you to a solution.

08-26-2013, 06:14 AM	#1
MacNala Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2012 Device: Kindle	News Download Title Duplication Prevention I am using Calibre to download news feeds such as PCWorld and The Register. However when they are sent to my Kindle because each day's copy has the same title they appear in the Kindle under just one title. What I think I need is a Template/Function/Plugin, I cannot tell the difference yet (newcomer to Calibre). An outline of what is required is coding which will do the following: When a download of a NEWS item is received if the existing TITLE is 'PCWorld' OR 'The Register' it will be replaced by a NEW_TITLE equal to TITLE (DATE). So a download of today's PCWorld will be stored in Calibre as PCWorld (26 Aug 2013) If the NEWS items is not one of the list no changes are done. This to be done before auto-sending to the Kindle. I am a skilled programmer but have no knowledge of Python and feel a bit lost asking for such help. Any help would be appreciated. Last edited by MacNala; 08-26-2013 at 06:17 AM. Reason: expand explanation

08-26-2013, 06:41 AM	#2
DoctorOhh US Navy, Retired Posts: 9,889 Karma: 13806776 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: North Carolina Device: Icarus Illumina XL HD, Kindle PaperWhite SE 11th Gen	Welcome, this section of the manual might help you with your problem. The sticky posts at the top of this forum may help too. Recipes - Re-usable code Using News Recipes: Start Here Moderator Notice Moved post to its own thread in the Recipe section of the forum. Someone in this forum should be able to point you to a solution. Last edited by DoctorOhh; 08-26-2013 at 06:47 AM.

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