Download only unread/not-yet-downloaded article (i.e. be smarter then oldest_article)

sup · 11-27-2013, 09:25 PM

I would like to write a recipe for a website that uploads several new articles throughout the day. I run calibre on my computer that is not always on and I do not necessarily run it daily (so oldest_article does not help here). I would like the recipe to download all articles that were added since the last download. Is there any mechanism for doing this in Calibre?

I was thinking about creating a temporary file to store urls of articles already downloaded. (Where to create the file? Does calibre has some cache folder that could be used for this? Is it cross-platform?). Or is there a better way?

kovidgoyal · 11-27-2013, 10:21 PM

Look in the examples sticky in this forum for an example of storing previously downloaded articles and not re-downloading them.

sup · 11-28-2013, 04:10 AM

Oh I see, thanks. I read that thread yesterday, how could I have missed that:-).

For others, Kovid means this post: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...5&postcount=10

11-27-2013, 09:25 PM	#1
sup Connoisseur Posts: 96 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2013 Device: Kindle Paperwhite (2012)	Download only unread/not-yet-downloaded article (i.e. be smarter then oldest_article) I would like to write a recipe for a website that uploads several new articles throughout the day. I run calibre on my computer that is not always on and I do not necessarily run it daily (so oldest_article does not help here). I would like the recipe to download all articles that were added since the last download. Is there any mechanism for doing this in Calibre? I was thinking about creating a temporary file to store urls of articles already downloaded. (Where to create the file? Does calibre has some cache folder that could be used for this? Is it cross-platform?). Or is there a better way?

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11-27-2013, 10:21 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,864 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Look in the examples sticky in this forum for an example of storing previously downloaded articles and not re-downloading them.

11-28-2013, 04:10 AM	#3
sup Connoisseur Posts: 96 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2013 Device: Kindle Paperwhite (2012)	Oh I see, thanks. I read that thread yesterday, how could I have missed that:-). For others, Kovid means this post: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...5&postcount=10

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