Simple RSS Reader

Hi,
I am trying to make a very simple rss reader to display news feeds. All I really want to do is have a text box display the first item of the feed, wait for a moment, then display the next one. I've been searching around and can't find any decent tutorials on the subject...
Any help would be much appriciated!
Thanks,
Dan

Here's a tutorial: http://www.gotoandlearn.com/play?id=64

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Usage: rss [Options]
This is a zero hassle RSS reader. It is designed to be source configured and
run without a care in the world. Cron it, script it, just plain run it...
Options:
-h, --help Show me this message.
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-v, --say-something The opposite of -q.
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Third: Download every youtube video at a max of 720p (To speed up the download and conserve bandwidth)
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#!/usr/bin/python
# Depends on:
# * coreutils
# * curl
# * python3
# * python-feedparser
# * youtube-dl
# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Configuration and URLs - - - - - - - - - - - - - #
be_quiet = False # True disables output (Good for cron)
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history_file = "/home/keller/.rss_history"
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("Doghouse Diaries", "http://feeds2.feedburner.com/thedoghousediaries/feed"),
("Cyanide & Happiness", "http://feeds.feedburner.com/Explosm"),
("XKCD", "http://xkcd.com/rss.xml"),
("Scandinavia And The World", "http://feeds.feedburner.com/satwcomic?format=xml"),
("Surviving The World", "http://survivingtheworld.net/feed.xml"),
("Something Of That Ilk", "http://somethingofthatilk.com/rss/index.php"),
("Invisible Bread", "http://feeds.feedburner.com/InvisibleBread"),
("Happle Tea", "http://www.happletea.com/feed/"),
("Dilbert", "http://feed.dilbert.com/dilbert/daily_strip"),
("What-If", "http://what-if.xkcd.com/feed.atom"),
("Networking Nerd", "http://networkingnerd.net/feed/"),
("Fry Guy's Blog", "http://www.fryguy.net/feed/"),
("Ethereal Mind", "http://feeds.feedburner.com/etherealmind?format=xml"),
("Packet Pushers", "http://feeds.feedburner.com/PacketPushersBlogsOnly"),
("Lone SysAdmin", "http://lonesysadmin.net/feed/"),
("Arch Linux News", "http://www.archlinux.org/feeds/news/"),
("Schneier on Security", "http://feeds.feedburner.com/schneier/excerpts"))
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("Freddie", "freddiew"),
("Freddie BTS", "freddiew2"),
("Corridor Digital", "corridordigital"),
("Corridor Digital BTS", "samandniko"),
("Jenna Marbles", "jennamarbles"),
("Source Fed", "sourcefed"),
("Minute Physics", "minutephysics"),
("VSauce", "vsauce"),
("Numberphile", "numberphile"),
("Veritasium", "1veritasium"),
("Sixty Symbols", "sixtysymbols"),
("Periodic Videos", "periodicvideos"))
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("Ted Talks", "http://feeds.feedburner.com/tedtalks_video"),
("Scam School", "http://revision3.com/scamschool/feed/MP4-Large"),
("Hak 5", "http://feeds.feedburner.com/hak5hd?format=xml"),
("Film Riot", "http://revision3.com/filmriot/feed/MP4-hd30"),
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# - - - - - - - - - - - - No need to modify below here - - - - - - - - - - - - #
from feedparser import parse
from os import system
from sys import argv
import pickle
# -- Argument Parse
no_download = False
if "--help" in argv or "-h" in argv:
print("""Usage: rss [Options]
This is a zero hassle RSS reader. It is designed to be source configured and
run without a care in the world. Cron it, script it, just plain run it...
Options:
-h, --help Show me this message.
--no-download Do not act on new entries.
(Simply mark as old.)
-q, --quiet Don't talk.
-v, --say-something The opposite of -q.
exit()
if "--no-download" in argv:
no_download = True
if "--quiet" in argv or "-q" in argv:
be_quiet = True
if "--say-something" in argv or "-v" in argv:
be_quiet = False
# -- Unpickle History
try:
history = pickle.load(open(history_file, "rb"))
except:
tmp = open(history_file, "w")
tmp.close()
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current_links = [] # Holds all current links so we can prune ancient history
# -- Link
for url in link_urls:
if not be_quiet : print("Checking", url[0] + "...")
for entry in parse(url[1]).entries:
current_links.append(entry.link)
if entry.link not in history["link"]: # If is a new link
if not be_quiet : print(" * New Content Found!")
if no_download or system('echo "<a href=\"' + entry.link + '\">' + url[0] + ' : ' + entry.title + '</a><br />" >> ' + download_dir + 'links.html') == 0: # Append to file
history["link"].append(entry.link)
# -- Deviant Art
for url in deviant_art_urls:
if not be_quiet : print("Checking", url[0] + "...")
for entry in parse(url[1]).entries:
if entry.media_content[0]["url"][-4] == '.': # Check it's a file
current_links.append(entry.media_content[0]["url"])
if entry.media_content[0]["url"] not in history["deviant_art"]: # If is a new link
if not be_quiet : print(" * Downloading:", entry.media_content[0]["url"][entry.media_content[0]["url"].rfind('/') + 1:])
if no_download or system('curl -so "' + download_dir + entry.media_content[0]["url"][entry.media_content[0]["url"].rfind('/') + 1:] + '" "' + entry.media_content[0]["url"] + '"') == 0: # Download
history["deviant_art"].append(entry.media_content[0]["url"])
# -- Youtube
for url in youtube_users:
if not be_quiet : print("Checking", url[0] + "...")
for entry in parse("https://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/users/" + url[1] + "/uploads").entries:
current_links.append(entry.link)
if entry.link not in history["youtube"]: # If is a new link
if no_download or system('youtube-dl --max-quality 22 -o "' + download_dir + '%(title)s.%(ext)s" "' + entry.link + '"' + ['', ' -q'][be_quiet]) == 0: # Download
history["youtube"].append(entry.link)
# -- Podcast
for url in podcast_urls:
if not be_quiet : print("Checking", url[0] + "...")
for entry in parse(url[1]).entries:
for link in entry.links:
if link.type[0:5] == "video" or link.type[0:5] == "audio": # If _IT_ describes itself as video or audio
current_links.append(link.href)
if link.href not in history["podcast"]: # If is a new link
if not be_quiet : print(" * Downloading:", link.href[link.href.rfind('/') + 1:])
if no_download or system('curl -#Lo "' + download_dir + link.href[link.href.rfind('/') + 1:] + '" "' + link.href + '"' + ['', ' -s'][be_quiet]) == 0: # Download
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# -- History Dump
for key in history:
for link in history[key]:
if link not in current_links:
history[key].remove(link)
# -- Pickle History
pickle.dump(history, open(history_file, "wb"))
That's all folks. If you do give it a try, please give feed back even if it's just that the whole thing sucks. I'd love to know what feeds don't work, if there is anything you want added, or if you just think it's swell.
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