Custom recipes (archive, read-only)

[Rafardeon]

I currently worked out my first (very simple) recipe (and learning python on the way ). It works pretty well on my PRS-505.
If anyone's interested: it's from PHD Comics:

class AdvancedUserRecipe1242934654(BasicNewsRecipe):
    title          = u'PHD Comics'
    oldest_article = 14
    max_articles_per_feed = 100

    feeds          = [(u'PHD Comics', u'http://www.phdcomics.com/gradfeed.php')]

    def print_version(self, url):
        return url.replace('http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=', 'http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive_print.php?comicid=')

Sorry, if there's a duplicate (couldn't scan all posts).

[fromthewest]

I have been trying the following recipe, but it only downloads the first article from the rss feed.

What is wrong?

class AdvancedUserRecipe1242938672(BasicNewsRecipe):
    title          = u'The Hamilton Spectator'
    oldest_article = 1
    max_articles_per_feed = 100
    __author__     = 'Me'
    description    = 'News from the Hamilton Spectator'
    no_stylesheets = True

    keep_only_tags = [dict(id=['AssetWebPart1'])]


    feeds = [(u'Top Stories', u'http://www.thespec.com/rss/82672?searchMode=Lineup')]


    def print_version(self, url):
	return url.replace('http://www.thespec.com/article/', 'http://www.thespec.com/printArticle/')

Thanks

[kovidgoyal]

Increase the value of oldest_article

[fromthewest]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Increase the value of oldest_article

Thank You.

I increased the value of oldest _article to 7.

It still only downloaded the first article in the rss feed.

-fromthewest

[Derry]

For those looking for a Global NYTimes recipe, here is my attempt,
there are a couple of problems, too many blank pages at end of article, and it doesn't grab the second page etc of longer articles, tried url replace, opening browser etc, but I don't understand enough to get it working properly, still might be of use to some people,

Derry

class AdvancedUserRecipe1241195948(BasicNewsRecipe):
    title          = u'IHT/Global NYT'
    oldest_article = 1
    max_articles_per_feed = 10
    remove_tags_before = dict(id='article')
    remove_tags_after  = dict(id='article')
    remove_tags = [dict(attrs={'class':['articleTools', 'post-tools', 'side_tool', 'nextArticleLink clearfix']}), 
                   dict(id=['footer', 'toolsRight', 'articleInline', 'navigation', 'archive', 'side_search', 'blog_sidebar', 'side_tool', 'side_index']), 
                   dict(name=['script', 'noscript', 'style'])]
    encoding = 'cp1252'
    no_stylesheets = True
    extra_css = 'h1 {font: sans-serif large;}\n.byline {font:monospace;}'
    feeds          = [(u'Frontpage', u'http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/GlobalHome.xml'), (u'Europe', u'http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/Europe.xml'), (u'Americas', u'http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/Americas.xml'), (u'Africa', u'http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/Africa.xml'), (u'Asia Pacific', u'http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/AsiaPacific.xml'), (u'Middle East', u'http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/MiddleEast.xml'),(u'Opinion', u'http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/GlobalOpinion.xml'), (u'Business', u'http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/WorldBusiness.xml'), (u'Technology', u'http://feeds.nytimes.com/nyt/rss/Technology'), (u'Sports', u'http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/GlobalSports.xml'), (u'Science', u'http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/Science.xml'), (u'Environment', u'http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/Environment.xml'), (u'Health', u'http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/Health.xml'), (u'Arts', u'http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/Arts.xml'), (u'Travel', u'http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/Travel.xml')]

[kovidgoyal]

Originally Posted by fromthewest

Thank You.

I increased the value of oldest _article to 7.

It still only downloaded the first article in the rss feed.

-fromthewest

look at the debug output get it by clicking the job name

[cartman]

Hello, I would like to request a recipe for http://climateprogress.org. It is one of the best climate change blogs out there, and with large articles, so I think it is required reading for anybody concerned with the environment.

[kiklop74]

New recipe for climate progress blog:

[steviej]

I am having trouble following directions in the user manual to create a recipe for a web site. Can anyone help? the website rss feed is "http://www.humanevents.com/rss/viewfromtheright.xml". Individual article feeds example "http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=29232" and print versions of the same are"http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?print=yes&id=29232". I cannot make this work to save my life. It looks simple, but I am not a programmer and I think that is my problem. I am using a PRS-505. Many Thanks......


....forget it, figured it out, the articles on the feed are over a year old!!!
StevieJ

[cartman]

Hi kiklop74, thanks for the recipe! works like a charm! btw i seem to not be able to find the slashdot recipe in calibre (english news)

[kovidgoyal]

Originally Posted by cartman

Hi kiklop74, thanks for the recipe! works like a charm! btw i seem to not be able to find the slashdot recipe in calibre (english news)

Typo on my part, will be in next release.

[cartman]

About the climate progress recipe.
It works fine, but anything that is in double quotes is missing. For example, the text “What do you get when you buy a nuke? You get a lot of delays and rate increases….”, gets shown as “”

[kiklop74]

Originally Posted by cartman

About the climate progress recipe.
It works fine, but anything that is in double quotes is missing. For example, the text “What do you get when you buy a nuke? You get a lot of delays and rate increases….”, gets shown as “”

That was my mistake. Here is updated recipe:

[cartman]

It works fine now, thanks!

[smirando]

I wonder if it might be possible to have an update to the Globe and Mail recipe. The site was recently radically redesigned, and so the existing recipie no longer works. I'm not a programmer, and can only program the most basic of full content rss feed sites. Thanks in advance.