rss feeds

create_feeds.py

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import posts
+import users
+import config
+
+def create_rss():
+    from datetime import datetime
+    with open(f"{config.webroot}/rss", "w") as main_rss_file:
+        file_content = f'''<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+<rss version="2.0">
+    <channel>
+        <title>{config.site_name}</title>
+        <link>{config.site_url}</title>
+        <description>{config.site_description}</description>
+        <pubDate>{datetime.now().strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z")}</pubDate>
+        <lastBuildDate>{datetime.now().strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z")}</lastBuildDate>
+        '''
+        for current_post_index in range(len(posts.posts)):
+            file_content += f'''
+                <item>
+                    <title>{posts.posts[current_post_index]["title"]}</title>
+                    <link>{config.site_url}/post/{current_post_index}.{config.file_extension}</link>
+                    <description>{posts.posts[current_post_index]["content"]}</descriptiont>
+                    <pubDate>{posts.posts[current_post_index]["pubdate"]}</pubDate>
+                    <editDate>{posts.posts[current_post_index]["editdate"]}</editDate>
+                </item>'''
+        file_content += '''
+    </channel>
+</rss>'''
+
+        main_rss_file.write(file_content)
+
+def create_atom():
+    print("Atom generation under development")

create_pages.py

@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ def create_post_page(post_index):
 
 def create_timeline():
     with open(f"{config.webroot}/index.{config.file_extension}", "w") as timeline_file:
+        site_header = config.site_header
+        site_header = parse_post.parse_header(site_header)
+        timeline_file.write(f"{site_header}")
         output.log("Writing posts to timeline")
         for current_post_index in range(len(posts.posts)-1,-1,-1):
             username = users.users[posts.posts[current_post_index]["userID"]]

example.config.py

@@ -1,13 +1,19 @@
 ### General ###
 site_url = "gemini://example.com"
-webroot = "/path/to/root"
+site_name = "Example Name"
+site_description = "This Site is about X, Y and Z topics!"
+webroot = "/path/to/webroot"
 date_format = "%d/%m/%Y at %H:%M" # The date that is displayed on the page
 post_seperator = "---------------------------------------------"
 posts_in_timeline = 100
-file_extension = "gmi" # Could also be .html, .md, .txt or any other file extension
+file_extension = "gmi"
+
+### Feeds ###
+atom = False
+rss = True
 
 ### Logging ###
-logfile = "/path/to/logfile"
+logfile = "./log"
 verbose = False
 
 ### Format ###
@@ -20,6 +26,14 @@ verbose = False
 # %L - URL Permanent link to the post
 # %U - URL the the user (poster)
 # %N - the username of the user (poster)
+# %R - Site wide RSS feed
+# %Y - Site Name as defined by site_name
+# %y - Site Descriptin as defined by site_description
+site_header = '''
+# %Y
+## %y
+=> %R RSS Feed
+'''
 user_page_post_format = '''
 ## %T
 %C
@@ -36,8 +50,10 @@ Published: %D
 Last Edited: %E
 '''
 timeline_post_format = '''
-## %T
+### %T
 %C
-=> %U %N
+=> %L permalink
 %S
 '''
+
+autogenerated = True

glogger.py

@@ -9,7 +9,14 @@ try:
 except:
     print("No users database")
     initialise.initialise()
+try:
     import config
+    if config.autogenerated == True:
+        print("Error: autogenerated = True")
+        exit()
+except:
+    print("Please move example.config.py to config.py and edit the options to your case and then set autogenerated=False")
+    exit()
 import newpost
 import editpost
 import rebuild

parse_post.py

@@ -15,3 +15,10 @@ def parse_post_format(post, post_index, username):
 
     return post
 
+def parse_header(header):
+    header = header.replace("%R", f"{config.site_url}/rss")
+    header = header.replace("%Y", f"{config.site_name}")
+    header = header.replace("%y", f"{config.site_description}")
+    return header
+
+	

rebuild.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import config
 import create_pages
+import create_feeds # Rss, Atom
 try:
     import users
 except:
@@ -8,8 +9,14 @@ try:
     import posts
 except:
     print("No posts database")
+
+
 def rebuild():
     create_pages.create_timeline()
+    if config.rss == True:
+        create_feeds.create_rss()
+    if config.atom == True:
+        create_feeds.create_atom()
     for current_user_index in range(len(users.users)):
         create_pages.create_user_page(current_user_index, users.users[current_user_index])
     for current_post_index in range(len(posts.posts)):